Description of Event or Problem · 0
PATIENT'S BLOOD LINE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FLOWART NEEDLE-FREE SPLIT SEPTUM VALVE WHILE THE PATIENT WAS RECEIVING A DIALYSIS TREATMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN BLOOD LOSS. THE PATIENT'S HEMOGLOBIN WAS 9.9 ON (B)(6) 2024 PRIOR TO THE EVENT, AND THE PATIENT WAS ON MIRCERA 50 MCG EVERY 4 WEEKS. ON (B)(6) 2024 THE DAY AFTER THE DISCONNECTION, THE PATIENT'S HEMOGLOBIN DROPPED TO 7.8. THIS REQUIRED THE MIRCERA DOSE TO BE INCREASED TO 100 MCG EVERY 2 WEEKS. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON 8/6/2024, HOWEVER, SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THIS PATIENT WAS NOT PROVIDED. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 6 THAT WAS PROVIDED WHO SUSTAINED HARM. HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH FROM EXSANGUINATION IS GREAT IF THERE IS A DISCONNECTION DURING THE DIALYSIS TREATMENT.