FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK TENDER INFUSION SET

MDR report key: 1193213 · Received October 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
2183996-2008-01541
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 7, 2008
Date of Event
September 22, 2008
Report Date
September 25, 2008
Manufacturer
DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FOZ
PMA / PMN Number
K972135
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO PRODUCT WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2008,THE PATIENT REPORTED RECEIVING SEVERAL E4 (OCCLUSION) ERRORS OVER THE PAST 3 DAYS. THE MOST RECENT E4 OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BOLUS 5 UNITS OF INSULIN FOR LUNCH. THE INFUSION SITE AND TUBING WAS CHANGED TWO DAYS PRIOR. SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE REMOVED THE INFUSION SITE, THE CANNULA WAS BENT. TO TROUBLESHOOT, SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DISCONNECT FROM HER INFUSION SITE AND TO BOLUS 4 UNITS OF INSULIN. SHE RECEIVED AN E4 AFTER 1.4 UNITS WERE DELIVERED. SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE INFUSION TUBING AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BOLUS WITHOUT ERROR. SHE WAS DRIVING AND STATED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE REPLACEMENT PRODUCT WITH HER. SHE WAS EDUCATED ON ALTERNATIVE INFUSION SITES AND SENT INFORMATION ON INFUSION SITE MANAGEMENT. UPON FOLLOW UP SIX DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT STATED THAT SHE HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES SINCE CHANGING HER ACCESSORIES. NO PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS WERE REPORTED. THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FROM A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR SECOND PARTY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED. NO PRODUCT WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK TENDER INFUSION SET INSULIN INFUSION SET FOZ DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR INSULIN INFUSION PUMP| INSULIN