FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BAXTER

MDR report key: 2216030 · Received August 12, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5021766
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 12, 2011
Date of Event
August 1, 2011
Report Date
August 12, 2011
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.
Product Code
KPE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BAXTER 250ML 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJ, PRODUCT # 6E1322, LOT#C831677. PHASEAL INFUSION ADAPTER C100, LOT 11030936, WITH BAXTER PACLITAXEL SET 2C8858. ADMIXTURE WITH PACLITAXEL, 6MG/ML, APP PHARMACEUTICAL. TWICE IN 2 WEEKS, AT PT BEDSIDE, THE SPIKE SET FELL OUT OF THE BAG PORT. ONE EPISODE RESULTED IN EXPOSURE TO THE ADMINISTRATION NURSE, WITH THE CHEMOTHERAPY SOLUTION SPILLING OUT ON HER CLOTHING AND SKIN. A THIRD EPISODE HAPPENED WITH A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PREPARING CHEMOTHERAPY IN THE BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET, AND HAD JUST SPIKED THE TUBING SET -WITHOUT THE PHASEAL DEVICE- AND WAS PREPARING TO PRIME THE SET WITH BASE SOLUTION. THE TUBING SET SPIKE SLIPPED OUT OF THE BAG PORT. NO CHEMOTHERAPY EXPOSURE IN THIS INSTANCE, AS IT WAS BASE SOLUTION ONLY. I SUSPECT A DEFECT OR ISSUE WITH THE 250ML BAG SPIKE PORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BAXTER 250ML 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE KPE BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. 6E1322 C831677

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other PHASEAL INFUSION ADAPTOR C100, LOT 11030936| PACLITAXEL 6MG/ML HPP PHARMACEUTICAL| BAXTER PACLITAXEL SET, 2C8898