FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET

MDR report key: 1063341 · Received June 19, 2008

Report

Report Number
2183996-2008-00899
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 19, 2008
Date of Event
June 14, 2008
Report Date
June 16, 2008
Manufacturer
DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K070189
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 06/16/2008 THE PT REPORTED THAT SHE WENT TO BED ON THREE DAYS EARLIER WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL OF 112 MG/DL AND AT 6AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING SHE WOKE UP RESTLESS AND THIRSTY. HER INFUSION SET HEADSET HAD FALLEN OFF OF HER BODY DURING THE NIGHT AND HER BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS ELEVATED TO 284 MG/DL. HER NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE RANGE IS 80-150 MG/DL. THE HEADSET HAD BEEN IN USE FOR 2.5 DAYS. THE PT INSERTED A NEW HEADSET AND USED TEGADERM TO KEEP IT IN PLACE AND BOLUSED 3.5 UNITS OF INSULIN TO LOWER HER BLOOD GLUCOSE. BY 1 PM THE PT'S BLOOD GLUCOSE HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE PT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FROM A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR SECOND PARTY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. PRODUCT WAS REPLACED AND REQUESTED TO BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET INSULIN INFUSION SET FPA DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS NA 8A033UF

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention INSULIN| INSULIN INFUSION PUMP