Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT USING MEDTRONIC MINIMED PARADIGM INSULIN PUMP WITH QUICKSET INFUSION SET LOT 8200956. PT REPORTS BG 60MG/DL, TREATED WITH 15 GRAMS CARBOHYDRATE, RETESTED PRIOR TO DRIVING AND BG WAS 120MG/DL. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER, HE WRECKED CAR INTO TELEPHONE POLE AND WAS CUT OUT OF VEHICLE. REPORTED BG 35MG/DL. TOTALED VEHICLE, AND HOSPITALIZED. PT SUSTAINED LIFETHREATENING SITUATION: BROKE ARM IN 6 PLACES REQUIRING SURGICAL OPERATION, BRUISED KNEE BONE, CHEST INJURIES. PT DENIES ALCOHOL INTAKE. HE WAS ON DAY 2 OF THIS INFUSION SET. PREVIOUSLY THIS MONTH, SIMILAR INCIDENT REPORTED WHERE BG WAS WNL, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HAD UNEXPLAINED SEVERE HYPOGLYCEMIA BG 27MG/DL. MINIMED OVERNIGHTED A NEW INSULIN PUMP TO PT. ON 07/06/09, PROVIDERS ALERTED TO RECALL OF QUICKSET INFUSION SET LOT 8 RECALL. DATES OF USE: 2009. DIAGNOSIS: INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES. PT USES NEW INFUSION SET Q 3 DAYS. HAS USED QUICKSET INFUSION SETS SINCE EARLY 2009. UNSURE WHICH LOTS HE HAS HAD PREVIOUSLY.