FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE

MDR report key: 2220926 · Received August 23, 2011

Report

Report Number
1423500-2011-11136
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 23, 2011
Date of Event
August 1, 2011
Report Date
August 3, 2011
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICES INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WERE UNKNOWN. AS THE DATE OF ONSET OF THIS PERITONITIS EPISODE IS UNKNOWN AND PATIENTS DISCARD SUPPLIES AFTER EACH THERAPY, THE SAMPLE WAS NOT REQUESTED. A 510K NUMBER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED IN THE MDR AS THE PRODUCT CODE AND LOT NUMBER ARE UNKNOWN. SINCE THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, NO BATCH REVIEW WILL BE PERFORMED. BAXTER HAS RECEIVED SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THE REPORTED PROBLEM. THE ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED CONDITION OF PERITONITIS IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM GLOBAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE (GPV) AND IS A SPONTANEOUS REPORT BY A BAXTER EMPLOYED NURSE FROM (B)(6) OF CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND PERITONITIS IN A PATIENT COINCIDENT WITH DIANEAL PD2 ULTRABAG AND EXTRANEAL VIAFLEX THERAPIES FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD). ON AN UNREPORTED DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PERITONITIS, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. THE CAUSE OF THE PERITONITIS WAS CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. TREATMENT INCLUDED AN INJECTION OF VANCOMYCIN, 1 GM IP, REPEAT EVERY 4TH DAY (START/STOP DATE NOT REPORTED), AN INJECTION OF AMIKACIN, 500 MG, ON THE 1ST DAY (DATE NOT REPORTED) THEN 250 MG DAILY, IP, CONTINUED AND AN INJECTION OF FORTUM, 1 GM IP DAILY, CONTINUED (START DATE NOT REPORTED). THE OUTCOME OF THE CHRONIC CONSTIPATION WAS UNKNOWN AND THE PERITONITIS WAS RESOLVING. DIANEAL AND EXTRANEAL THERAPIES WERE ONGOING. AN OPINION OF CAUSALITY WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention EXTRANEAL VIAFLEX| DIANEAL PD2 ULTRABAG