DISPOSABLE MEDISORB MULTI-ABSORBER CONTAINER

Description of Event or Problem

THE HOSPITAL REPORTED VENTILATION STOPPED DURING A CASE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WENT INTO RESPIRATORY ARREST. THE PATIENT WAS PLACED ON A DIFFERENT ANESTHESIA MACHINE. THE PATIENT RECOVERED. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SEQUELAE REPORTED. THE DAMAGED CONTAINER WAS A DISPOSABLE MEDISORB MULTI-ABSORBER CONTAINER MANUFACTURED BY AIRLIFE FINLAND OY. (B)(6) HAS NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THIS REPORT REFLECTS INFORMATION RECEIVED BY FDA IN THE FORM OF A NOTIFICATION PER 803.22 (B)(2).