FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PLUM A+ (11.3 VERSION) NEW RESTART

MDR report key: 20006413 · Received August 20, 2024

Report

Report Number
9615050-2024-00618
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 20, 2024
Date of Event
July 18, 2024
Report Date
August 19, 2024
Manufacturer
ICU MEDICAL COSTA RICA LTD.
Product Code
FRN
UDI-DI
M3352079204251
PMA / PMN Number
K070398
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

CONCLUSION OF THE CUSTOMER PROTOCOL TEST: THE DEVICE WAS PROGRAMMED ON CHANNEL A TO DELIVER A VOLUME OF 500 ML IN 12 HOURS 30 MINUTES, AT A FLOW RATE OF 40 ML/HR, RESULTING IN 506 ML DELIVERED IN 24 HOURS 25 MINUTES. 500 ML *5% = (+/- 25 ML) WITH A TOLERANCE OF +/- 5%. THE DELIVERY VALUE WAS FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE ALLOWED RANGE. THE DELIVERY ERROR MARGIN WAS + 6 ML. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER'S EXPERIENCE, THE DEVICE GENERATED AN EXCESS SUPPLY IN 1 HOUR OF 500 ML. HOWEVER, THE CUSTOMER'S PROTOCOL TESTS DETERMINED THAT THE DEVICE WORKED 24 HOURS 25 MINUTES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AND THE INFUSION WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT OVER-DELIVERY OR ALTERATIONS OF THE VALUES. DELIVERING WHAT WAS PROGRAMMED. A KEYBOARD TEST WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFY THAT IT DID NOT SELF-PROGRAM. EACH KEY WORKS CORRECTLY, THE TEST PASSED CORRECTLY. IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT DURING THE CUSTOMER PROTOCOL AND PRODUCT VERIFICATION TESTS, THE DEVICE INFUSED CORRECTLY WITHOUT OVER DELIVERIES, DID NOT GENERATE TECHNICAL FAULTS OR ALARMS OR OVERPROGRAMMING CAUSED BY THE KEYBOARD. PROBABLE CAUSE: IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED IF IT WAS A USER ERROR SINCE NO EVENTS WERE FOUND WITH PROGRAMMING WITH A RATE OF 47 ML/HR OR PROGRAMMED DELIVERIES AT 500 ML VOLUME. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER REPORT, THE DEVICE WAS NOT SEGREGATED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT AND LATER MORE INFUSIONS WERE PROGRAMMED WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS, POSSIBLY ERASING THE EVENTS RELATED TO THE CASE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE PATIENT. INITIAL REPORTER FULL PHONE NUMBER: (B)(6). MODEL NUMBER IS NOT SOLD IN THE US BUT SIMILAR DEVICE IS SOLD UNDER MODEL NUMBER 123918805. THIS PRODUCT'S MODEL NUMBER WAS USED FOR THE DI AND THE 501K.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE COMPLAINT/EVENT INVOLVED A PLUM A+ (11.3 VERSION) NEW RESTART. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A POTASSIUM CHLORIDE DRIP WAS INSTALLED (NOT LABELED ON THE PUMP). A TOTAL VOLUME OF 500 ML WAS INSTALLED AT 40 CC/H, AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT IN 01 HOUR THE TOTAL VOLUME OF 500 ML WAS INFUSED. THIS OCCURED BETWEEN 9:00 P.M. AND 12:00 A.M. THE INFIRMARY REPORTED THAT THE INFUSION RATE WAS DISPLAYED AT 47 CC/H. THE MESSAGE "CASSETTE ERROR" WAS DISPLAYED, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY OTHER MEDICATIONS CONTINUED TO BE INFUSED, FOR WHICH NO MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THERE WAS NO CLINICAL ALTERATION IN THE PATIENT AFTER THE EVENT AND UNSPECIFIED PERTINENT MEASURES WERE TAKEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2372288 PLUM A+ (11.3 VERSION) NEW RESTART PUMP, INFUSION FRN ICU MEDICAL COSTA RICA LTD. M3352079204251

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 88 YR Female POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MFR UNK.