FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE IV ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 2891030 · Received November 14, 2012

Report

Report Number
9616066-2012-00827
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 14, 2012
Date of Event
October 23, 2012
Report Date
October 31, 2012
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORP
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
UNK
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, THE SET HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. A F/U REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH INVESTIGATION RESULTS SHOULD THE SET BE RECEIVED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED A PT ON THE ONCOLOGY UNIT WAS RECEIVING ETOPOSIDE IV WHEN THE ALARIS PUMP BEGAN ALARMING FOR AIR. THE NURSE CLAMPED THE TUBING AND REMOVED THE TUBING FROM THE PUMP TO TAP OUT THE SMALL AIR BUBBLES. WHEN THE NURSE STRETCHED THE TUBING TO GUIDE BACK INTO THE PUMP, THE TUBING CAME APART BETWEEN THE BLUE CAP AND THE RUBBER TUBING THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE PUMP. CONSEQUENTLY, A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHEMO SPILLED ON THE NURSES' HANDS. ONLY A FEW DROPS SPILLED ON TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PT OR CLINICIAN. NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED. NO FURTHER PT OR EVENT INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALARIS PUMP MODULE IV ADMINISTRATION SET FPA CAREFUSION CORP UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK ALARIS PC UNIT, SN UNK| PUMP MODULE, SN UNK