FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PERCUPUMP CT INJECTOR WITH EDA

MDR report key: 291720 · Received August 17, 2000

Report

Report Number
2432460-2000-00026
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 17, 2000
Date of Event
July 11, 2000
Report Date
July 12, 2000
Manufacturer
E-Z-EM, INC.
Product Code
FIH
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INJECTOR WAS SET TO INJECT A TOTAL VOLUME OF 143ML OF CONTRAST IN ANTECUBITAL FOSSA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CONTRAST WAS VISIBLE AFTER INJECTION AND, UPON EXAMINING THE PT, AN EXTRAVASATION OF APPROXIMATELY 135CC WAS OBSERVED. THE EXTRAVASATION WAS UNIFORMLY SPREAD OUT FROM THE WRIST TO THE ELBOW AND WAS HARD AND FIRM (BLOOD FLOW WAS NOT RESTRICTED). THE PT DID NOT COMPLAIN OF PAIN AND NO REDNESS WAS NOTED. PT WAS TREATED WITH ICE AND THE ARM WAS KEPT ELEVATED. PT WAS KEPT IN THE DEPT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR FOR OBSERVATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCUPUMP CT INJECTOR WITH EDA CT INJECTOR WITH EXTRAVASATION ACCESSORY FIH E-Z-EM, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other 1. OMNIPAQUE 300 NON-IONIC CONTRAST MFG BY NYCOMED| 2. 22 GAUGE CATHETER BY JELCO.