FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK TENDER INFUSION SET

MDR report key: 1762344 · Received July 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
2183996-2010-01418
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 14, 2010
Date of Event
June 12, 2010
Report Date
June 16, 2010
Manufacturer
ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K972135
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO PRODUCT WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6)2010, PATIENT REPORTED BLOOD GLUCOSE HAS BEEN "AWFUL" OVER THE PAST FOUR DAYS. BLOOD GLUCOSE HAS ELEVATED TO RANGE OF 200-433 MG/DL. TARGET BLOOD GLUCOSE IS 150 MG/DL OR BELOW. PATIENT REPORTS HYPERGLYCEMIA WAS DUE TO INFUSION SITE LOCATION AND POSSIBLE SCAR TISSUE IN THAT AREA. PATIENT WENT TO ROUTINE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON (B)(6)2010. PATIENT REVIEWED ELEVATED READINGS WITH PHYSICIAN. PATIENT WAS SPILLING KETONES IN URINE AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEHYDRATION AND A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SALINE DRIP AND THIS HELPED LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE FROM 433 MG/DL TO 268 MG/DL. BLOOD GLUCOSE RETURNED TO TARGET RANGE AFTER INFUSION SITE WAS CHANGED ON THE MORNING OF (B)(6)2010. PATIENT WAS ADVISED ON MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSULIN CARTRIDGE, INFUSION SET, AND ADAPTER. INFUSION DEVICE HAD NOT BEEN DROPPED OR EXPOSED TO WATER OR INSULIN INGRESS. TIME AND BASAL RATES SET CORRECTLY. NO ERROR MESSAGES WERE RECEIVED. PATIENT HAS NOTICED AIR BUBBLES IN INSULIN CARTRIDGE, WHICH WAS REPORTED IN SEPARATE COMPLAINT RECORD. 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 FPA ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Required Intervention INFUSION DEVICE| INSULIN