FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MEDSYSTEM III PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 2926245 · Received January 16, 2013

Report

Report Number
9616066-2013-00022
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 16, 2013
Date of Event
December 31, 2012
Report Date
January 2, 2013
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORP
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K874564
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AK, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE SET HAS BEEN RECEIVED BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED YET. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED UNREGULATED FLOW OF PROPOFOL; DETAILS OF THE EVENT WERE PROVIDED AS FOLLOWS: AN INFUSION OF PROPOFOL WAS STARTED AT 70 MCG (22 ML/HR) AND 10 MINUTES LATER, THE PUMP MODULE ALARMED FOR PT-SIDE OCCLUSION. THE ALARM WAS ACKNOWLEDGED, THE INFUSION WAS RESTATED AND THE USER NOTICED THE FLUID WAS DRIPPING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN EXPECTED. THE USER PRESSED STOP ON THE PUMP BUT FLUID CONTINUED TO DROP QUICKLY INTO THE CHAMBER AND CONTINUED TO INFUSE. THE SET WAS CLAMPED AND DISCONNECTED FORM THE PT. THE ISSUE WAS REPLICATED WHILE NOT CONNECTED TO THE PT. THE IV SET WAS REPLACED, THE INFUSION WAS RESTARTED AND RAN AS EXPECTED WITHOUT ANY OCCURRENCE OF RAPID OR UNREGULATED FLOW. THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT "APPROXIMATELY 25-30 ML OF PROPOFOL HAD INFUSED IN THIS PT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THE PT'S VITALS HAD BEEN TAKEN REGULARLY DURING THIS OCCURRENCE AND BESIDES A MAP DROP FROM 95 TO 70 AND A HR DROP FROM 118 10 100 THE PT SEEMED COMPLETELY STABLE." ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, NO FURTHER PT OR EVENT DETAILS WERE PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
23846 MEDSYSTEM III PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET FPA CAREFUSION CORP 28293E UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other MEDSYSTEM III INFUSION PUMP, SN UNK