FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CVC KIT: 2-LUMEN 7FR X 2 0CM

MDR report key: 1943988 · Received December 3, 2010

Report

Report Number
3006425876-2010-00085
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 3, 2010
Date of Event
November 1, 2010
Report Date
December 2, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DQY
PMA / PMN Number
K862056
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). F/U REPORT WILL BE FILED IF ADDITIONAL INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT THE END OF OCT, THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED VIA LEFT SUBCLAVIAN IN THE OPERATING ROOM. THE POSITION OF THE CATHETER WAS CHECKED WITH X-RAY AND IT SEEMED THE CATHETER WAS IN THE PROPER POSITION. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER THE INSERTION, WHEN HIGH CALORIE INFUSION WAS STARTED, DIFFICULTY INFUSING INTO THE CATHETER WAS REPORTED BY THE NURSE. AT THE CATHETER INSERTION SITE THE INFUSION LEAKED AND THE PT COMPLAINED OF PAIN OF THE SKIN, AS THE SKIN BECAME SWOLLEN. WHEN THE LUMEN WAS FLUSHED WITH A SYRINGE, THE INFUSION WAS EJECTED FROM THE INSERTION SITE. AS A RESULT, THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED AND FLUSHED, BUT BOTH LUMENS HAD NO ISSUES. THE PT'S SWOLLEN SKIN WAS TREATED WITH SUCCESS. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DELAY, DEATH OR COMPLICATIONS TO THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CVC KIT: 2-LUMEN 7FR X 2 0CM ADULT MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER PRODUCTS DQY ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK