FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AVANTA MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET

MDR report key: 1586894 · Received January 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
2520313-2010-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 14, 2010
Date of Event
December 15, 2009
Report Date
January 15, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDRAD, INC.
Product Code
DXT
Removal / Correction Number
2520313-1/15/10-001-R
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AN ANALYSIS OF THE MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET RETURNED FROM THE HOSPITAL DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FLASH IN ONE OF THE MOLDED PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND FLOW RATES WERE AT THE LOWER END OF THE SPECIFICATION. OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT THIS SITE RECEIVED LOT NUMBER 820007 OF THE MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THEREFORE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DEVICE USED DURING THIS EVENT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A MALFUNCTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE SITE REPORTED THAT THE SALINE LINE OF THE MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET WAS NOT PURGING PROPERLY. THE SALINE WAS COMING OUT IN A MIST INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL STREAM. THIS HAPPENED WITH THREE DIFFERENT MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SETS. THE STAFF SAVED THE DISPOSABLES BUT NOT THE PACKAGE. THEY CHANGED THE PUMP AND STILL OBSERVED THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY THEN USED A DIFFERENT MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET AND IT FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY. THE SITE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO PT INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AVANTA MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET ANGIOGRAPHIC TUBING SET DXT MEDRAD, INC. 3018231

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1