FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRESEP CENTRAL VENOUS OXIMETRY SET

MDR report key: 2834043 · Received November 15, 2012

Report

Report Number
2015691-2012-18656
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 15, 2012
Date of Event
October 16, 2012
Report Date
October 17, 2012
Manufacturer
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, PR
Product Code
DQE
PMA / PMN Number
K053609
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CATHETER WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED; THEREFORE, A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. WITHOUT RETURN OF THE CATHETER, A LEAKAGE ON THE SHAFT COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT PROCEDURAL FACTORS, INCLUDING PLACEMENT AND/OR TECHNIQUE, MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT REPORTED. NO ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT "PLEURAL EFFUSION (PE) WAS OBSERVED AFTER 2 DAYS OF INJECTING HIGH-CALORIE TRANSFUSION FROM THE PROXIMAL PORT DURING USE. THE CATHETER WAS PROMPTLY REMOVED AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED."THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED 13CM DEEP. THE CUSTOMER CHECKED THE DRAINED EFFLUENT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL WAS AS HIGH AS 550, AND THE CUSTOMER PRESUMED THAT THE TRANSFUSION FLOWED INTO THE PATIENT CHEST. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MUCH FLUID WAS DRAINED FROM THE PATIENT. THE REMAINDER OF THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY WAS UNEVENTFUL. NO LASTING EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PRESEP CENTRAL VENOUS OXIMETRY SET PRESEP CATHETER DQE EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, PR X3820HSJD

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1