Medical equipment crash with antivirus software scan in the middle of cardiac catheterization procedure

When treating the cardiac catheter, it turned out that there was an incident suddenly stopping the medical equipment which monitors the health condition of the patient in real time. It was reported that treatment could be restarted by rebooting the PC which connected the medical device, and it was reported that there was no difference in the life of the patient.

Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan
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In February 2016, a medical equipment stop accident occurred in the United States. What was being used was "treatment of cardiac catheter"Merge Hemo"This is a medical device that automatically monitors, displays and records the patient's health status in real time. It has been reported that each PC crashed because anti-virus software on the PC that connected Merge Hemo started regular scan during the procedure.

Merge Hemo works with the main body of the device connected to the catheter and software dedicated to PC or tablet. Merge Hemo 's main body continues to transmit data acquired from patients, but because anti - virus software scanned, it blocked the reception of PC' s real - time data. Software became inaccessible to real-time data, causing a serious crash. Although the screen of the PC blacked out, but when restarting the PC, Merge Hemo was able to be used normally.

It took about 5 minutes to reboot the PC and set Merge Hemo again, but fortunately the patient was in a state of sedation, he said that the procedure of the cardiac catheter was completed without problem.American Food and Drug AdministrationIt has been reported that a report was submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and it was set up to scan PC anti-virus software every hour. Because Merge Hemo has written in the instructions that anti-virus software is set not to scan the folder, this accident is considered to be caused by overlooking the setting on the hospital side.

ByIntel Free Press