A user or reseller who couldn't be bothered configuring their antivirus properly has hit the headlines for interrupting doctors trying to insert a vascular catheter into a patient.
As the FDA's Adverse Event Report says, an hourly malware scan stalled a Merge Healthcare Hemo unit, which collects patient vital signs, displays them, and inserts the data into an electronic patient record. It uses a patient module to collect data sent back to a PC or tablet over a serial link.
The incident took place in February this year.
From the FDA report: “in the middle of a heart catheterization procedure, the Hemo monitor PC lost communication with the Hemo client and the Hemo monitor went black. Information obtained from the customer indicated that there was a delay of about 5 minutes while the patient was sedated so that the application could be rebooted”.
The advisory goes on to note that in other circumstances, such a delay could be dangerous for a patient, but in this case the procedure was completed successfully.
Full Article. Malware scan stalled misconfigured med software, mid-procedure
As the FDA's Adverse Event Report says, an hourly malware scan stalled a Merge Healthcare Hemo unit, which collects patient vital signs, displays them, and inserts the data into an electronic patient record. It uses a patient module to collect data sent back to a PC or tablet over a serial link.
The incident took place in February this year.
From the FDA report: “in the middle of a heart catheterization procedure, the Hemo monitor PC lost communication with the Hemo client and the Hemo monitor went black. Information obtained from the customer indicated that there was a delay of about 5 minutes while the patient was sedated so that the application could be rebooted”.
The advisory goes on to note that in other circumstances, such a delay could be dangerous for a patient, but in this case the procedure was completed successfully.
Full Article. Malware scan stalled misconfigured med software, mid-procedure
