FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

D-20 DIAFILTER

MDR report key: 2034 · Received January 5, 1993

Report

Report Number
2034
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 5, 1993
Date of Event
November 16, 1992
Report Date
December 2, 1992
Manufacturer
BAXTER - HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
FKJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME AS ORIGINAL REPORTDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: CRITICAL CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS NOT EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. CONCLUSION: NO DATA. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: NO DATA. THE DEVICE WAS DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITON AND WAS MADE A "NO CODE" STATUS BY FAMILY AND PHYSICIAN. PATIENT WAS INTERMITTENTLY CONFUSED AND RESTRAINED. BETWEEN 7:45 A.M. AND 8:00 PATIENT'S PRIMARY CARE NURSE DID A FULL ASSESSMENT. PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE AND RESPIRATIONS WERE NORMAL. AT 8:00 A.M. RESPIRATORY THERAPIST WAS AT PATIENT'S BEDSIDE AND NOTICED DECREASED RESPIRATIONS AND BODY FLUIDS ON THE BED. THE THERAPIST CALLED THE NURSE CALLED THE NURSE. BLOOD PRESSURE WAS DROPPING; A CODE WAS CALLED; THE PATIENT WAS PRONNOUNCED. THE NURSE SEARCHED FOR THE SOURCE OF BLOOD LOSS AND NOTED THE CAP HAD BECOME DISLODGED. THIS WAS THE LUERLOCK CAP ON THE VENOUS SIDE OF THE MACHINE WHERE THE TWO LINES CONNECT TO THE VENOUS TUBE. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE CAP BECAME DISLODGED. THE R.N. SAYS THE PATIENT MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE PORTAL AND RELEASE ITDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: CRITICAL CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS NOT EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. CONCLUSION: NO DATA. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: USER EDUCATION PROVIDED, INSERVICED BY OTHER FACILITY STAFF. THE DEVICE WAS DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 D-20 DIAFILTER AMICON DIAFILTER - 20 HEMOFILTER FKJ BAXTER - HEALTHCARE CORPORATION D L 0663

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Death