FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SPECTRUM IQ

MDR report key: 20629494 · Received November 7, 2024

Report

Report Number
20629494
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 7, 2024
Date of Event
September 23, 2024
Report Date
October 7, 2024
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
FRN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PATIENT BEING ADMITTED FROM AN OUTSIDE FOR A GI BLEED REQUIRING A BLAKEMORE/MINNESOTA TUBE ON 40 OF LEVO AND 0.04 OF VASO. SHORTLY AFTER TRANSITION FROM PRESSORS TO ICU PRESSORS, PATIENT DEVELOPED SUDDEN SEVERE HYPOTENSION TO A LOW OF 50/31 WITH A MAP OF 39 FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. LINE, TUBING, CLAMPS, AND PUMPS CHECKED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. DOSE INCREASED TO 100 OF LEVO AND 0.08 OF VASO WITHOUT RECOVERY. ULTIMATELY PATIENT WAS GIVEN 1MG EPI PUSH. AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEVO DRIP WAS NOT INFUSING WITH NO DRIPS FALLING IN DRIP CONTAINER AND A SMALL KINK IN THE TUBING NOTED. NO ALARMS WERE OCCURRING TO IDENTIFY AN UPSTREAM OCCLUSION. UPON CORRECTION OF THE KINK PATIENT IMMEDIATELY BECAME HYPERTENSIVE UP TO A MAX OF 232/121 WITH A MAP OF 163 AND REMAINED SO FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES DESPITE RAMPING DOWN ON CARRIER/PRESSOR DOSES. LEVO SWITCHED TO ANOTHER PUMP WITH IMPROVEMENT IN FLOW.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
78758 SPECTRUM IQ PUMP, INFUSION FRN BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION SPECTRUM IQ NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown