Description of Event or Problem · 1
REPORT REC'D FROM ABBOTT INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE (ABBOTT/CANADA) REPORTING AN OVERDELIVERY. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT: "OVERDELIVERY OF MORPHINE COINCIDENT WITH PCA PUMP. PT EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN BLOOD PRESSURE AS A RESULT OF THE OVERDELIVERY...UPON SETTLING PT POST-OP, PCA PUMP WAS DOUBLE CHECKED BY 2 RN'S. PCA WAS PROGRAMMED IN RR (RECOVERY ROOM). LINE WAS NOT CLAMPED. PT HAD NOT USED PUMP, 0 READINGS, SYRINGE READ 0 ABSORBED. PCA EXPLAINED TO PT. PT PUSHED PCA BUTTON 1X, 3ML DELIVERED, SYRINGE CHECKED - 7.5 ML DELIVERED. PCA CLAMPED AND BUTTON TAKEN AWAY FROM PT. BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED, PULSE DECREASED, O2 DECREASED 84% ON ROOM AIR. DR. PAGED, ORDERS RECEIVED, PHARMACY NOTIFIED. WHEN PHYSICIAN CALLED, POST-OP PT WAS PRESCRIBED SUPPLEMENTAL O2 AND PCA DISCONTINUED. MORPHINE VIAL WAS 2 MG/ML. PT HOSPITALIZATION WAS NOT PROLONGED AS RESULT OF INCIDENT." THERE WERE NO PCA PROGRAMMING PARAMETERS REPORTED, ONLY MORPHINE CONCENTRATION. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL INFO REPORTED.