FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OPTIFLUX 180NRE DIALYZER FINISHED ASSY.

MDR report key: 1983926 · Received February 4, 2011

Report

Report Number
1713747-2011-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 4, 2011
Date of Event
December 9, 2010
Report Date
February 4, 2011
Manufacturer
OGDEN MANUFACTURING
Product Code
FJI
PMA / PMN Number
K002761
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF A SUSPECTED ALLERGIC OR HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION REPORT. THE RN REPORTED THAT THE EVENT OCCURRED DURING DIALYSIS. INITIALLY REPORTED WAS THAT THE PT WAS BRAND NEW TO DIALYSIS AND THAT SHE HAD A BLOOD PRESSURE DROP WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS REPORTED WERE CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. THE FACILITY FLUSHED WITH NORMAL SALINE AND RETURNED THE PT'S BLOOD. THE TREATMENT WAS LATER RESUMED. AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT, THE MD BELIEVES THIS EVENT IS A DIALYZER REACTION. THEY HAVE NOW CHANGED THE DIALYZER TO A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURED BRAND. CURRENTLY, THE PT IS FINE. THERE IS NO SAMPLE AND THE LOT IS UNK. OF NOTE: IN REVIEW OF THIS FILE AND THE INFO RECEIVED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PT TOLERATED THIS DIALYZER AS EVIDENCED IN THE TREATMENT RECORD. THIS EVENT WAS THE FIRST DIALYSIS TREATMENT THAT THE PT RECEIVED IN THIS UNIT. FOR THIS EVENT THE PT STARTED DIALYSIS WHEN THE BLOOD FLOW RATE WAS INCREASED AND THEN THE BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED AND THE PT THEN HAD A BRIEF EPISODE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS. THIS PT WAS GIVEN OXYGEN AND A NORMAL SALINE BOLUS. THE BLOOD PRESSURE IMPROVED AND THE PT BECAME RESPONSIVE. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TRANSFER TO THE HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION. THE PT REMAINED ON THIS DIALYZER FOR REMAINDER OF THIS DIALYSIS TREATMENT. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE PT RECEIVED DIALYSIS WITH USE OF THIS DIALYZER HOWEVER, HAS SINCE BEEN ORDERED A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR THE DIALYZER. ADDITIONALLY, THE MD HAD NOTED THAT THEY WILL DECREASE THE WEIGHT AS TOLERATED. IT WAS NOTED THEY WERE "PULLING FLUID" FOR THIS TREATMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OPTIFLUX 180NRE DIALYZER FINISHED ASSY. DIALYZER FJI OGDEN MANUFACTURING NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Other