FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIFECARE PCA PLUS INFUSER

MDR report key: 280119 · Received May 26, 2000

Report

Report Number
2921482-2000-00093
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 26, 2000
Date of Event
April 26, 2000
Report Date
April 28, 2000
Manufacturer
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Product Code
MEA
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

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.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIFECARE PCA PLUS INFUSER INFUSION PUMP MEA ABBOTT LABORATORIES NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Life Threatening| R