VEINLITE NEO

Description of Event or Problem

PROVIDER WAS ATTEMPTING ARTERIAL STICK IN THE LEFT RADIAL ARTERY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF RN. PROVIDER USED A SMALL LIGHT, TO VISUALIZE ARTERY, WHILE ATTEMPTING ART STICK. THE LIGHT WAS HELD AGAINST THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE PT'S LEFT WRIST. THE LIGHT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE IT KEPT TURNING OFF. AFTER PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, RN SAW THAT THE PATIENT HAD A LARGE ROUND BURN TO THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THEIR WRIST. THE BURNED AREA WAS WHITE AND RAISED WITH A SMALL SEMICIRCULAR ERYTHEMIC BLISTER. PROVIDER WAS NOTIFIED AND CAME TO ASSESS THE BURN SITE. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR VEIN FINDER, VEINLITE NEO (PER SITE REPORTER).