FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.

MDR report key: 25573 · Received August 8, 1995

Report

Report Number
25573
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 8, 1995
Date of Event
March 6, 1995
Report Date
March 16, 1995
Manufacturer
SIEMENS MED SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
IYB
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 3/6/95, WHILE SETTING UP FOR A PERI/DSA STUDY, THE TECHNOLOGIST MISTAKENLY HIT "PERI". HE PROCEEDED TO SET FILTERS, ETC. AND LEFT THE GANTRY AT THE FOOT POSITION WITH FLUORO IN PLACE. A PERI/DSA PROTOCOL WAS ON THE FIRST MONITOR. THE DSA ACQUISITION BUTTON WAS ACTIVATED, THE FIRST EXPOSURE WAS TAKEN--ABOUT FOUR/FRAMES/SEC; THEN THE INJECTOR FIRED AND GAVE THE PT FULL CONTRAST DOSE. ON 3/7/95, THE PT WENT INTO RENAL FAILURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. STEPPING GANTRY IYB SIEMENS MED SYSTEMS, INC. 9359142G127E

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Hospitalization| R