FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 1050340 · Received May 23, 2008

Report

Report Number
9616066-2008-00020
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 23, 2008
Date of Event
April 29, 2008
Report Date
April 29, 2008
Manufacturer
CARDINAL HEALTH ALARIS PRODUCTS
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K022209
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PT INFO REQUESTED AND ALL AVAILABLE INFO IS INCLUDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTS THE IV TUBING SEPARATED RESULTING IN AN UNDER INFUSION OF VASOPRESSIN AND LEVOPHED LEADING TO HYPOTENSION (BP 50/20) IN A CRITICALLY ILL PT. THE NURSE WAS TRANSPORTING THE PT FROM CT SCAN BACK TO THE NEURO ICU WHERE HE OBSERVED BLOOD AND FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FEMORAL VENOUS IV SITE AND FOUND THAT THE IV TUBING HAD SEPARATED RESULTING IN THE VASOPRESSIVE MEDICATIONS NOT INFUSING INTO THE PT. ONCE BACK IN THE NEURO ICU, THE IV TUBING WAS CHANGED AND BOTH MEDICATION INFUSIONS WERE RESTARTED. AFTER THE VASOPRESSIN AND LEVOPHED WERE RESTARTED, THE PT'S BLOOD PRESSURE RETURNED TO BASELINE. THE PT WAS MONITORED AND NO ADD'L MEDICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED OR ILL EFFECTS EXPERIENCED BY THE PT. IV ADMINISTRATION SET REC'D. INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING. F/U WILL BE SENT WHEN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET FPA, SET ADMINISTRATION FPA CARDINAL HEALTH ALARIS PRODUCTS 2426-0500 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention