FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FRESENIUS VENOUS LINE

MDR report key: 266087 · Received February 7, 2000

Report

Report Number
266087
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 7, 2000
Date of Event
January 13, 2000
Report Date
January 14, 2000
Manufacturer
FRESENIUS USA
Product Code
FKJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
NM, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

APPROX 2 HRS INTO TREATMENT AT 1340, 10 MIN AFTER PT'S LAST BP AND SAFETY CHECK BLOOD WAS FOUND UNDER PT'S CHAIR. THE VENOUS LINE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ARTERIAL PORT OF PT'S SPLIT ASH CATH (LINES WERE REVERSED 25 MIN INTO TREATMENT DUE TO INSUFFICIENT BLOOD FLOW). 500 CC NS WAS GIVEN, PT'S VITAL SIGNS WERE STABLE AND PT WAS ALERT. STAT CBC DRAWN AT TIME OF EVENT AND 30 MIN POST EVENT. PT CONTINUED TREATMENT AND WENT TO HOSP FOR OBSERVATION AND A TRANSFUSION OF 2U PACKED RBC'S, VITAL SIGNS REMAINED STABLE THROUGHOUT TREATMENT. THE MACHINE DID NOT ALARM AT TIME OF INCIDENT. EST BLOOD LOSS 300CC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FRESENIUS VENOUS LINE VENOUS LINE FKJ FRESENIUS USA 037303-5 9NR 107

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR Hospitalization| R ALTHIN 1000 DIALYSIS MACHINE, ASH SPLIT CATHETER-| INSERTED 12/23/99.