FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

XENIUM XPH

MDR report key: 2925321 · Received January 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-01636
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 22, 2013
Date of Event
December 26, 2012
Report Date
January 2, 2013
Manufacturer
NIPRO CORPORATION *USD*
Product Code
KDI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
EI
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS IS A PRODUCT NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE US AND DOES NOT HAVE A 510K NUMBER. THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED TO BAXTER, THEREFORE NO EVALUATION COULD BE PERFORMED. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED IF RELEVANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS COMPLAINT FOR A BLOOD LEAK COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AND THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A BATCH REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED AND NO ISSUES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THE REPORTED CONDITION DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THE LOT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTED BAXTER (B)(4) REGARDING A BLOOD LEAK FROM A XENIUM 210 DIALYZER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE HOME PATIENT (HP) WENT TO CHECK HIS BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER TWO HOURS OF DIALYSIS, HE NOTICED SPECKS OF DRIED BLOOD ON THE FLOOR. THE HP THEN NOTICED A LOT OF BLOOD ON THE SHOWER TRAY AND THAT BLOOD WAS LEAKING FROM THE RED END OF THE DIALYZER, AT THE CONNECTION SITE WHERE THE BLOODLINES SCREW IN. AFTER DISCOVERING THE BLOOD LEAKAGE THE PATIENT TOOK HIMSELF OFF AND DIDN'T WASH HIS BLOOD BACK AS HE THOUGHT IT COULD BE CONTAMINATED IN SOME WAY. THE PATIENT STATED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SCREW THE LINES IN. THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT BUT THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION INDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
31337 XENIUM XPH DIALYZER, HIGH PERMEABILITY WITH OR WITHOUT SEALED DIALYSATE SYSTEM KDI NIPRO CORPORATION *USD* 12B09B

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 BLOODLINES