FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LOCKING TITANIUM ADAPTER FOR PERITONEAL DIAL CATH

MDR report key: 1875362 · Received October 19, 2010

Report

Report Number
1423500-2010-04643
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 19, 2010
Date of Event
July 1, 2009
Report Date
September 21, 2010
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - SWINFORD
Product Code
KDJ
PMA / PMN Number
K894783
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AT A BAXTER PATIENT ADVISORY COUNCIL TEAM (PACT) MEETING ON 21 SEP 2010, A PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE TRANSFER SET HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM HIS CATHETER. UPON FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) REGISTERED NURSE (RN) ON 19 OCT 2010, THE PD RN STATED THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6) 2009. THE PATIENT USUALLY LET THE TRANSFER SET HANG LOOSE AND HAD GOTTEN THE CATHETER/TRANSFER SET CAUGHT IN THE RECLINER. THE HP STOOD UP FROM THE RECLINER AND THE CATHETER ADAPTER SEPARATED FROM THE CATHETER. THE HP WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ISSUES UNRELATED TO PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD), WHERE THE PATIENT RECEIVED A NEW CATHETER ADAPTER AND TRANSFER SET AND WAS GIVEN PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS (ANCEF). THE TRANSFER SET AND CATHETER ADAPTER WERE DISCARDED. THE CATHETER ADAPTER HAD NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. THE PATIENT KNOWS THE PROPER PROCEDURES. THE TRANSFER SET HAD BEEN IN USE SINCE (B)(6) 2009 AND THE PATIENT HAD BEEN ON PD FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS. THE PATIENT PERFORMED AUTOMATED PD. THE CATHETER ADAPTER WAS A TITANIUM ADAPTER MADE BY BAXTER, PRODUCT CODE AND LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN. THE CATHETER WAS MADE BY QUENTIN, PRODUCT CODE AND LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN. THE CATHETER WAS SWITCHED OUT A MONTH AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THE CATHETER WAS DISCARDED AT THAT POINT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LOCKING TITANIUM ADAPTER FOR PERITONEAL DIAL CATH SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - SWINFORD

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR