FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MINICAP

MDR report key: 2950466 · Received February 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-03298
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 8, 2013
Date of Event
January 1, 2013
Report Date
January 16, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - CLEVELAND
Product Code
KDI
PMA / PMN Number
K895631
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AS THE DATE OF ONSET OF THIS PERITONITIS EPISODE IS UNKNOWN AND PATIENTS DISCARD SUPPLIES AFTER EACH THERAPY, THE SAMPLE IS NOT AVAILABLE. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY, HOWEVER HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED. ONCE THE EVALUATION IS COMPLETE, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS COMPLAINT FOR PERITONITIS - NO MALFUNCTION OR USE ERROR IS NOT CONFIRMED BECAUSE NO SAMPLES WERE RETURNED TO BAXTER, REVIEWS OF MANUFACTURING RECORDS REVEALED NO ISSUES AND NO DEVIATIONS FROM STANDARD PROCEDURE, AND THE USER DID NOT DESCRIBE ANY TYPES OF USE ERRORS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. A ROOT CAUSE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM GLOBAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE (GPV) AND IS A REPORT OF FATAL PERITONITIS COINCIDENT WITH DIANEAL THERAPIES. DURING A CALL WITH BAXTER CUSTOMER SERVICES, THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED BY THE CONSUMER. ON AN UNREPORTED DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PERITONITIS. THE PATIENT DIED DUE TO THE PERITONITIS AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS (NOT SPECIFIED). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED BY BAXTER FROM A NURSE. ACCORDING TO THE HOSPITAL, THE REPORTED CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS AN ABDOMINAL INFECTION (PERITONITIS), PERFORATED BOWEL, DIVERTICULAR DISEASE, AND GALLBLADDER WITH SECONDARY CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) HEMORRHAGE. THE PATIENT WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED FOR THE PERITONITIS BUT WAS, HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ANTIBIOTICS CEFEPIME AND FLAGYL (DOSES, FREQUENCIES, ROUTE AND LOT NUMBERS NOT REPORTED). PER THE RN, THE PERITONITIS WAS NOT RELATED TO BAXTER SOLUTIONS, DEVICES OR DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
54712 MINICAP DIALYZER, HIGH PERMEABILITY WITH OR WITHOUT SEALED DIALYSATE SYSTEM KDI BAXTER HEALTHCARE - CLEVELAND

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Death| R DIANEAL PD2 1.5% AND 2.5%