FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CENTRY SYSTEM 3 CARTRIDGE FOR HEMODIALYSIS

MDR report key: 13932 · Received April 7, 1994

Report

Report Number
13932
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 7, 1994
Date of Event
March 23, 1994
Report Date
April 4, 1994
Manufacturer
CGH MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FII
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DIALYSIS MACHINE ALARMED INDICATING AIR IN BLOOD. RPTR CLAMPED LINES AND UNLOADED CARTRIDGE. AIR DETECTOR AND LINES WERE CLEANED AND CARTRIDGE RELOADED. CARTRIDGE CRACKED AND BLOOD SPRAYED. RPTR WAS UNABLE TO RETURN BLOOD SO AS NOT TO INSTILL AIR INTO PT. PT LOST APPROX 200 CC OF BLOOD. NO PROBLEMS NOTED WITH PT. THREE MORE EPISODES OCCURRED WHERE THE CARTRIDGE CRACKED. NO PT WAS INVOLVED. EVENTS HAPPENED WHILE PRIMING MACHINES. MFR'S QC AND SALES REP WERE NOTIFIED. PRODUCT WITH SAME LOT NUMBERS WERE PULLED FROM SHELF. ONE CRACKED CARTRIDGE WAS SENT TO CO FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CENTRY SYSTEM 3 CARTRIDGE FOR HEMODIALYSIS CARTRIDGE FOR HEMODIALYSIS FII CGH MEDICAL, INC. 10Y15331, 11Y15345, 01Z15340

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Other