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MalfunctionBSB

QINFLOW BLOOD AND FLUID WARMER QIF-01 BASE UNIT (BU)

Received Sep 17, 2018 · Event occurred Aug 31, 2018

Report 7881172 · MDR key 7881172

Device

Generic name

Warmer, Blood, Non-electromagnetic Radiation

Model number

01

Catalog number

QPORT1100U

Product problems

  • No Display/Image

Patient

Not reported

  • No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
  • No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

AS PART OF A TRAINING EXERCISE FOR NEW EQUIPMENT, THE PARAMEDIC WAS TO SET UP THE QINFLOW WARRIOR. THE LCD DISPLAY DID NOT WORK. THE WARMER WAS TURNED ON AND WAS HEATING FLUID, BUT THERE WAS NO DISPLAY. PARAMEDIC RECHARGED THE BATTERY AND TRIED A NEW CIRCUIT, BUT THERE WAS STILL NO LCD DISPLAY. BECAUSE THIS WAS A TRAINING EXERCISE, THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. THE QINFLOW WAS SENT TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOR FURTHER FOLLOW UP. BIOMED FOLLOW UP: THE QINFLOW WARRIOR WAS PURCHASED IN (B)(6) 2018. THE BIOMEDICAL TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED THAT THE LCD SCREEN WAS BLANK AND THE QINFLOW WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR. THEIR REPORT IS PENDING. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR BLOOD AND IV FLUID WARMING SYSTEM, (BRAND NOT PROVIDED) (PER SITE REPORTER). WILL UNDERGO TESTING AND REPAIR PROCESS THROUGH MANUFACTURER.