FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET

MDR report key: 1192523 · Received October 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
2183996-2008-01525
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 7, 2008
Date of Event
September 22, 2008
Report Date
September 25, 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
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO PROD WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2008, THE PT REPORTED THAT ON THREE DAYS EARLIER, SHE WAS FEELING NAUSEOUS AND NOT "RIGHT". SHE SAID SHE WENT TO THE HOSP WHERE HER BLOOD GLUCOSE READING WAS OVER 300 MG/DL, AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KETOACIDOSIS. SHE STATED SHE WAS GIVEN AN INJECTION OF INSULIN AND WITHIN 1 1/2 HRS, HER READING DECREASED (NO VALUE PROVIDED). SHE SAID SHE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON THE NEXT DAY. SHE STATED WHEN SHE REMOVED HER INSULIN INFUSION HEADSET, THE CANNULA WAS KINKED AND IT HADN'T "EVEN GONE THROUGH THE SKIN". SHE STATED THE HEADSET HAD BEEN IN USED FOR 1 DAY AND SHE DID NOT RETAIN THE HEADSET. THE PT WAS SENT A COMPLIMENTARY INSERTION DEVICE AND REPLACEMENT INFUSION SETS. NO PROD WAS AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED FOR EVAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET INUSLIN INFUSION SET FPA DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS NA 8F021UF

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R INSULIN INFUSION PUMP| INSULIN