FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK SPIRIT

MDR report key: 1820619 · Received August 26, 2010

Report

Report Number
2183996-2010-01721
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 26, 2010
Date of Event
August 7, 2010
Report Date
August 10, 2010
Manufacturer
ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC.
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K060876
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO PRODUCT WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2010, PT REPORTED BLOOD GLUCOSE OF OVER 500 MG/DL DURING THE WEEKEND OF (B)(6) 2010. PT TOOK HERSELF TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON (B)(6) 2010, AND SHE WAS TREATED WITH A SALINE IV. BLOOD GLUCOSE STARTED TO DECREASE AND WAS NEAR 300 MG/DL WHEN DISCHARGED FROM HOSP. PT ALSO EXPERIENCED LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE DURING THE WEEK PRIOR AND THIS CONCERN WAS RESOLVED AFTER PHYSICIAN ADJUSTED BASAL RATES. PT DOES NOT BELIEVE INFUSION DEVICE OR RELATED SUPPLIES WERE THE CAUSE OF HYPERGLYCEMIA. TARGET BLOOD GLUCOSE IS 80-140 MG/DL. NO ERRORS OR ALERTS WERE RECEIVED ON INFUSION DEVICE. PT CHANGES INFUSION SET EVERY 3 DAYS, AND INFUSION SET WAS IN USE FOR 2 DAYS PRIOR TO HOSPITALIZATION. PT DOES NOT KNOW WHEN ADAPTER WAS LAST CHANGED; ADVISED ON MFR RECOMMENDATION. INSULIN CARTRIDGES ARE NOT REUSED. PT WAS USING CORRECT TYPE OF BATTERY AND BATTERY SETTING WAS PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. TIME AND BASAL RATES WERE PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. ALL BUTTONS ON INFUSION DEVICE WERE WORKING AS INTENDED. THERE WERE NO LEAKS, BLOCKAGES, OR BLOOD IN THE INFUSION SET. INSULIN WAS NOT EXPIRED AND FLOWED FROM TUBING AS EXPECTED. INFUSION DEVICE WAS NOT DROPPED OR EXPOSED TO WATER OR INSULIN INGRESS. BLOOD GLUCOSE HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL RANGE FOLLOWING HOSPITALIZATION. NO PRODUCT WAS REQUESTED FOR EVAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK SPIRIT INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Hospitalization| R INSULIN| INFUSION SET