FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 2943994 · Received January 30, 2013

Report

Report Number
9616066-2013-00062
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 30, 2013
Date of Event
December 29, 2012
Report Date
January 3, 2013
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORPORATION
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K944320
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE AFFECT PRODUCT HAS BEEN REC'D AND THE INVESTIGATION IS PENDING. A F/U REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE FAILURE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THEY WERE "RESUSCITATING A PT IN THE ICU WHO WAS NEARLY CODING AND THE NURSE WAS ORDERED TO GIVE A BOLUS OF FLUIDS TO THE PT. THE RN SET THE IV PUMP USING THE TUBING AT A RATE OF 999 AND SUDDENLY THE TUBING BURST INSIDE THE PUMP." THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT NO PRESSURE BAG WAS USED AND SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE SET HAD BEEN IN USE. PER CUSTOMER PHOTOS, THE SILICONE SEGMENT HAD FULLY SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER FITMENT WITH THE O RING VISIBLE IN THE PHOTO BUT NOT ATTACHED TO EITHER THE SILICONE OR THE UPPER FITMENT. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PT EXPIRED FROM HIS/HER UNDERLYING CONDITION. THE RPTR DID NOT FEEL THE DEATH WAS RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE TUBING EVENT. THE RPTR STATED THAT NO FURTHER PT OR EVENT DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
41026 ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET FPA CAREFUSION CORPORATION 2426-0007 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Death ALARIS PC UNIT, SN UNK| PUMP MODULE, SN UNK