FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 2221946 · Received August 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
9616066-2011-00456
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 17, 2011
Date of Event
July 29, 2011
Report Date
July 29, 2011
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORP.
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K894842
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. A F/U REPORT WITH FAILURE INVESTIGATION RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED SHOULD THE DEVICE BE RECEIVED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER REPORTED THAT THE IV LINE WAS PRIMED WITH SALINE, THEN A BLOOD INFUSION WAS CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE TWO SPIKES AND SET TO RUN OVER 4 HOURS. FOUR HOURS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRANSFUSION, THE PUMP HAD ONLY INFUSED HALF OF THE BAG OF BLOOD. ON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SALINE FROM THE SECOND SPIKE WAS DRIPPING IN THE DRIP CHAMBER DESPITE THE CLAMP BEING ON. THEY ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SALINE WAS BEING DRAWN INTO THE BLOOD BAG. FROM THE REPORTED INFO, THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PT OR USER AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL PT OR EVENT INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET FPA CAREFUSION CORP. 2477-0000 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK ALARIS PUMP MODULE: SN UNK| ALARIS PC UNIT: SN UNK