FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOMECHOICE

MDR report key: 2921420 · Received January 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-01344
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 18, 2013
Date of Event
December 27, 2012
Report Date
December 27, 2012
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - LARGO
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K102936
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO BAXTER. A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED UPON COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION OR IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE REPORTED ISSUE OF INCREASED INTRAPERITONEAL VOLUME (IIPV) WAS CONFIRMED. REVIEW OF THE SERVICE HISTORY REVEALED NO FAILURES/PROBLEMS THAT WERE THE SAME AS, OR SIMILAR TO, THE CURRENT DIFFICULTY AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PARTS REPLACED DURING SERVICING CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED DIFFICULTY. THE ASSIGNABLE CAUSE OF THE IIPV EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE FALSE EMPTY DETECT AND USE ERROR, WITH THE INITIAL DRAIN ALARM SETTING INAPPROPRIATELY PROGRAMMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER CONTACTED BAXTER TECHNICAL SERVICES (BTS) REGARDING ASSISTANCE WITH A HIGH DRAIN 101 ALARM DURING A PREVIOUS THERAPY ON THE HOMECHOICE MACHINE(HC). THE CAREGIVER(CG) STATED THE HOME PATIENT(HP) HAD PERFORMED A MANUAL EXCHANGE DURING THEIR PRIOR THERAPY WITH A FILL VOLUME OF 2000ML. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE(TSR) ASSISTED THE CG TO REVIEW THE THERAPY LOG. THE INITIAL DRAIN VOLUME WAS SET TO 0ML. THE TSR REVIEWED THE PROGRAMMING TO FIND THE HC WAS SET FOR CONTINUOUS CYCLE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS WITH A TOTAL VOLUME OF 9000ML, FILL VOLUME OF 2000ML, LAST FILL VOLUME OF 1000ML, DEXTROSE SET TO SAME, AND 4 CYCLES. THE TSR REVIEWED THE THERAPY LOG. THE TOTAL VOLUME WAS 7997ML, TOTAL DRAIN OF 11787ML, TOTAL ULTRAFILTRATION(UF) OF 3798ML, AND CYCLE 1 UF OF 2266ML. THE TSR ATTEMPTED TO CONFERENCE THE NURSE IN, BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER. THE TSR ADVISED THE CG TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE NURSE REGARDING ADJUSTING THE INITIAL DRAIN ALARM. THE HC UNIT WAS OPERATIONAL. THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
27929 HOMECHOICE SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX BAXTER HEALTHCARE - LARGO

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE