FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYDROPICC

MDR report key: 10145394 · Received June 11, 2020

Report

Report Number
3015060232-2020-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 11, 2020
Date of Event
May 16, 2020
Report Date
June 11, 2020
Manufacturer
ACCESS VASCULAR, INC.
Product Code
LJS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CLINICIAN REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THE HYDROPICC WAS REMOVED, AND "PT UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL REWIRE FOR A NEW 4FR SL POWER PICC(41CM)", AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCHARED HOME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CLINICIAN REPORTED THAT THE "PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS AND FOUND TO HAVE ACUTE TOXIC METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY DUE TO SEVERE SEPSIS SECONDARY TO GROUP B STREP BACTEREMIA". ON THE SAME DATE, THE PATIENT MADE A VISIT TO THE IR SUITE TO HAVE THE PICC EVALUATED, WHERE IT WAS NOTED THAT "ON INITIAL ASSESSMENT, PATIENT ALERT AND APPEARS IN NO DISTRESS, LYING IN HER BED. THE PICC INSERTION SITE W/O S/SX OF INFECTION, WETNESS NOTED UNDER THE DRESSING BUT THE DRESSING BOARDER IS INTACT. BLOOD NOTED IN PICC LINE NEAR INSERTION SITE." IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT "... AFTER DRESSING CHANGED SL PICC LINE FLUSHED WITH NS AND IMMEDIATELY NOTED SALINE LEAKING AT INSERTION SITE UNDER THE DRESSING FOLLOWED BY PINK TINGED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE INSERTION SITE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
607623 HYDROPICC PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER LJS ACCESS VASCULAR, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Other CEFTRIAXONE 2G Q24 HOURS