FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX

MDR report key: 2896205 · Received December 7, 2012

Report

Report Number
2183996-2012-01946
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 7, 2012
Date of Event
November 14, 2012
Report Date
November 28, 2012
Manufacturer
ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC.
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K101196
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WV, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, PATIENT REPORTED AN INFUSION SET LEAKED INSULIN A FEW WEEKS AGO. SHE SMELLED INSULIN AND NOTICED A WET SPOT AROUND HER INFUSION SITE. SHE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE HEADSET. THE INFUSION SITE WAS ON HER STOMACH, AND THERE WAS NO SCAR TISSUE IN THE AREA. THE HEADSET WAS INSERTED WITH AN INSERTION DEVICE, AND THE CANNULA WAS NOT BENT WHEN IT WAS REMOVED. SHE DID HEAR AN AUDIBLE CLICK WHEN SHE CONNECTED THE HEADSET TO THE TUBE. THE ALLEGED PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. PATIENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK AND WAS SENT REPLACEMENT INFUSION SETS. NO PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS WERE REPORTED, AND SHE DID NOT REQUIRE TREATMENT FROM A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL OR SECOND PARTY TO ADDRESS TO THE ISSUE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX FPA ROCHE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC. NA 216115

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR INSULIN| INSULIN INFUSION PUMP| RELATED ACCESSORIES| DATE OF THERAPY: UNK