FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MINICAP TRANSFER SET

MDR report key: 2250844 · Received September 16, 2011

Report

Report Number
1423500-2011-12308
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 16, 2011
Date of Event
August 1, 2011
Report Date
August 24, 2011
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A BATCH REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED FOR LOT NUMBER H08I16033 WITH NO EXCEPTIONS OBSERVED RELATED TO THE REPORTED CONDITION. THE LABEL REVIEW FOUND THE LABELING ADEQUATE FOR THE USE ERROR IN THIS COMPLAINT. THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT CONFIRMED. THE CAUSE OF USE ERROR WAS DETERMINED TO BE INTENTIONAL MISUSE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A 510K NUMBER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED IN THE MDR AS THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE OF THE U.S., BUT IS BEING REPORTED AS IT IS THE SAME AS OR SIMILAR TO A CODE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE U.S. AS THE DATE OF ONSET OF THIS PERITONITIS EPISODE IS UNKNOWN, THE SAMPLE WAS NOT REQUESTED. BAXTER HAS RECEIVED SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THE REPORTED PROBLEM. THE ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED CONDITION OF PERITONITIS IS USE ERROR- POOR ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS IS AN EVENT REPORT OF PERITONITIS AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE, FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF A NON-COMPLIANT TECHNIQUE REPORTED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL FOR A PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) PATIENT ON CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD) THERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAS SUFFERED FROM SEVERAL EPISODES OF PERITONITIS AT NON SPECIFIED DATES. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THIS REPORTER. THE PATIENT IS KNOWN FOR APPLYING A NON-COMPLIANT TECHNIQUE BY SCREWING THE MINICAP TRANSFER SET APART AND RINSING IT WITH TAP WATER, ALTHOUGH TOLD NOT TO DO SO. THE PATIENT WAS RETRAINED REPEATEDLY BY THE CENTER. THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL SUSPECTED A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPEATED PERITONITIS EPISODES AND THE UNSTERILE TECHNIQUE APPLIED BY THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MINICAP TRANSFER SET SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME H08I16033

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Other