FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE

MDR report key: 2336209 · Received November 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
1423500-2011-14952
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 14, 2011
Date of Event
August 1, 2011
Report Date
October 24, 2011
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AG
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 CAUSE OF THE REPORTED CONDITION OF PERITONITIS IS USE ERROR-POOR ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM (B)(6) AND IS A SPONTANEOUS REPORT BY A PHYSICIAN FROM (B)(6) OF A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE AND PERITONITIS WITH (B)(6) IN A PATIENT COINCIDENT WITH BIEFFE FORMULAE 55 THERAPY FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE (CKF) AS AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (APD). ON AN UNREPORTED DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE. ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PERITONITIS. THE PERITONITIS WAS CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING. ON AN UNREPORTED DATE IN 2011, RENAL TREATMENT CHANGED TO CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD). THE CAUSE OF THE PERITONITIS WAS BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE. ON (B)(6) 2011, REMEDIAL THERAPY BEGAN WITH CEFACIDAL (CEFAZOLINE) (2G, 4 TIMES PER DAY, IP). ON (B)(6) 2011, REMEDIAL THERAPY WAS INTERRUPTED. ON (B)(6) 2011, REMEDIAL THERAPY RESTARTED WITH CEFACIDAL (CEFAZOLINE). ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT RECOVERED AND ENDED REMEDIAL THERAPY. BIEFFE FORMULAE 55 THERAPY WAS ONGOING AT THIS TIME. THE OUTCOME FOR THE EVENT OF BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WAS NOT REPORTED. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE EVENT OF PERITONITIS WAS UNRELATED TO BIEFFE FORMULAE 55 THERAPY, HOWEVER WAS RELATED TO BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE. AN OPINION OF CAUSALITY WAS NOT REPORTED FOR THE EVENT OF A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WITH RELATIONSHIP TO BIEFFE FORMULAE 55 THERAPY.

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 64 YR Life Threatening| R NPH INSULIN| APROVEL| LOXEN LP| PD CYCLER| INSULIN (ISULINE)| BIEFFE FORMULAE 55 , LOXEN LP, APROVEL, INSULIN (I