FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

2-L HUB CONNECT ASSY REP LACEMENT SET

MDR report key: 2538079 · Received April 9, 2012

Report

Report Number
1036844-2012-00094
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 9, 2012
Date of Event
March 16, 2012
Report Date
April 9, 2012
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
NFK
PMA / PMN Number
K020430
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). SAMPLE WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED IN A DIALYSIS PT WITH A RIGHT INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN PERMANENT DIALYSIS CATHETER IN THE RENAL UNIT. IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE EXTERNAL BLUE LUER LOCK CONNECTOR WHERE YOU ATTACH TO THE DIALYSIS LINE. AS A RESULT, A REPAIR KIT WAS USED TO REPLACE THE LUMENS AND DIALYSIS TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED. THERE WAS NO DELAY IN TREATMENT, NO PT DEATH, AND NO PT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS PRODUCT PART HAD BEEN IN USE FOR MORE THAN A YR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 2-L HUB CONNECT ASSY REP LACEMENT SET CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS CATHETER PRODUCTS NFK ARROW INTL., INC. RF0088465

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK