FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

TRIMA ACCEL AUTOMATED BLOOD COLLECTION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2132464 · Received June 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
1722028-2011-00176
Event Type
Other
Date Received
June 13, 2011
Date of Event
May 18, 2011
Report Date
May 18, 2011
Manufacturer
CARIDIANBCT
Product Code
LKN
PMA / PMN Number
BK010046
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NM, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INVESTIGATION: THE CARIDIANBCT SUPPORT SPECIALIST VERIFIED THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT RUN DATA FILES THAT THE INFO ENTERED FOR THE PROCEDURE WAS FOR A MALE, INSTEAD OF THE FEMALE DONOR'S INFO. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THIS UNIT SHOWED NO IRREGULARITIES DURING MFG THAT WERE RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE. ROOT CAUSE: OPERATOR ERROR. CORRECTIVE ACTION: THE SUPPORT SPECIALIST WHO HANDLED THE CALL GAVE THE CUSTOMER SOME RE-TRAINING AS TO THE DANGER OF RUNNING A DONOR WITH THE WRONG PARAMETERS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE OPERATOR CALLED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD SELECTED A PLASMA ONLY PROCEDURE BUT THE DEVICE BEGAN COLLECTING RBCS AT 8 MINS INTO THE PROCEDURE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE CARIDIANBCT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, IT WAS FOUND THAT INITIALLY THE INFO FOR A MALE DONOR, (B)(6), WAS PUT INTO THE TRIMA AND A DOUBLE RED CELL COLLECTION PROCEDURE WAS SELECTED (THIS MALE DONOR HAD BEEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT MACHINE). A FEMALE DONOR WAS THEN PUT INTO THE MACHINE THAT HAD THE MALE DONOR'S INFO STILL ENTERED INTO IT. THE PROCEDURE WAS BEGUN WITHOUT CHANGING THE DONOR INFO. THE DONOR WAS FINE AND NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS NECESSARY. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY DUE TO OVER-ANTICOAGULATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRIMA ACCEL AUTOMATED BLOOD COLLECTION SYSTEM SEPARATOR, AUTOMATED, BLOOD CELL AND PL LKN CARIDIANBCT 917000000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Other