FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PERCUTAN CHOLANGIOGRAPHY SET

MDR report key: 1311954 · Received November 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
2242445-2008-00043
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 25, 2008
Date of Event
October 31, 2008
Report Date
November 25, 2008
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
GBZ
PMA / PMN Number
K905229
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW-UP WILL BE FILED IF ADD'L INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE CLINICIAN THAT THEY WERE PERFORMING AN INTRAOPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAM (IOC) ON A PT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INJECT CONTRAST THROUGH THE CATHETER FROM LOT MF7033716, VISIPAQUE (NDC) MIXED 50/50 WITH INJECTABLE SALINE, THE MEDIA WOULD NOT PASS THROUGH THE CATHETER. A SECOND CATHETER FROM LOT MF7033716 WAS OPENED AND THE SAME SCENARIO. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE SYRINGE FROM THE CATHETER AND IT FLUSHED JUST FINE, BUT NOT THROUGH THE CATHETER. A THIRD CATHETER FROM LOT MF8051021 WAS OPENED, AND THEY HAD NO SUCCESS. AS A RESULT, THE SURGEON DID NOT COMPLETE THE IOC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCUTAN CHOLANGIOGRAPHY SET CHOLANGIOGRAPHY CATHETER PRODUCTS GBZ ARROW INTL., INC. MF8051021

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK VISIPAQUE (NDC) MIXED 50/50 WITH INJECTABLE SALINE