FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ULTRA (TM) 4-WAY STOPCOCK W/SWIVEL MALE LUER LOCK

MDR report key: 2021470 · Received March 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
2021470
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 7, 2011
Date of Event
March 4, 2011
Report Date
March 7, 2011
Manufacturer
SMITHS MEDICAL
Product Code
FMG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

STOPCOCK ON DOUBLE LUMEN UAC PORT #2 (WHERE TPN AND LIPIDS INFUSE) CRACKED AND ALLOWED ARTERIAL BLOOD TO BACK UP, AND LEAK OUT ONTO BABY'S BEDS/SHEETS/DIAPER. THIS PORT IS NOT THE TRANSDUCED PORT, SO NO PRESSURE "LOSS" WAS SENSED, AND NO ALARM WOULD BE AUDIBLE. RN NOTED LARGE VOLUME OF BLOOD ON BABY'S BED WHEN PLACING FEEDING SYRINGE NEXT TO BABY. THE NEONATOLOGIST'S NOTE INDICATES THE BABY LOST APPROXIMATELY 10ML OF BLOOD. THE HEMOGRAM THAT WAS DRAWN THE NEXT DAY SHOWS IT WENT DOWN; HOWEVER, NO NEW ORDERS WERE RECEIVED FOR BLOOD. THE NEWBORN WAS STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ULTRA (TM) 4-WAY STOPCOCK W/SWIVEL MALE LUER LOCK STOPCOCK FMG SMITHS MEDICAL MX2341L 1798973

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 6 DAY