FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

SPECTRUM

MDR report key: 2010881 · Received February 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2010881
Date Received
February 17, 2011
Date of Event
February 11, 2011
Report Date
February 17, 2011
Manufacturer
SIGMA
Product Code
FRN
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WITH FOUR IDENTICAL INFUSION PUMPS WAS RECEIVING CONTINUOUS CHEMOTHERAPY AT RATE OF 23ML/HR FROM ONE. DURING A SIX-HOUR PERIOD, PUMP APPEARED TO DELIVER 400ML. PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER. INTERROGATION OF THE PUMP IN QUESTION SHOWED THAT IT WAS PROGRAMMED DURING THAT SIX-HOUR PERIOD FOR DELIVERY OF A 300ML ANTIBIOTIC AS A SECONDARY AT A RATE OF 300ML/HR. THE ACTUAL ANTIBIOTIC WAS HUNG ON A DIFFERENT PUMP SO THE PUMP IN QUESTION INFUSED THE CHEMOTHERAPY AT THE SECONDARY RATE. THE PATIENT WAS NOT HARMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPECTRUM INFUSION PUMP FRN SIGMA 35700 *
2 BAXTER INTRAVASCULAR SET FPA BAXTER * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR