FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE

MDR report key: 2961485 · Received February 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-03760
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 14, 2013
Date of Event
January 31, 2013
Report Date
January 31, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
KDJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A 510(K) NUMBER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED IN THE EMDR BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE COMPLAINT WAS CONFIRMED. THE CAUSE OF THE USE ERROR WAS UNDETERMINED. THIS REPORT OF USE ERROR WAS RECEIVED WITH NO ALLEGED DEVICE MALFUNCTION THEREFORE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REGISTERED NURSE (RN) CONTACTED BAXTER'S SERVICE CENTER REGARDING ONE OF HER PATIENTS DISCONNECTING HER TRANSFER SET WHICH OCCURRED ON THE HOMECHOICE (HC) WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING AN ALARM DURING FILL 5 OF 12. THE RN STATED THAT THE TERMINOLOGY "CLOSE AND REOPEN THE TRANSFER SET" HAD CONFUSED THE CARE GIVER (CG), AND THE CG HAD DISCONNECTED THE TRANSFER SET. THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT BUT NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION INDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPORT. BAXTER PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE CONTACTED THE REGISTERED NURSE ON. SHE STATED THAT THE CARE GIVER (CG) THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS BEING TOLD TO DISCONNECT THE TRANSFER SET, AND ASKED THE TSR IF SHE SHOULD USE MASK, GLOVES, AND WASH HER HANDS. THE PATIENT THEN DISCONNECTED THE TRANSFER SET AND IT LEAKED. THE PATIENT RECONNECTED THE TRANSFER SET. THE CG HAD BROUGHT THE HP INTO THE CLINIC, AND THE CLINIC CHANGED OUT THE TRANSFER SET AND ADMINISTERED ANTIBIOTICS PREVENTATIVELY. THE CLINIC HAS BEEN MONITORING THE HP, AND SO FAR ALL RESULTS HAVE BEEN NORMAL. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION REPORTED. BAXTER PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE CONTACTED THE CARE GIVER. SHE CONFIRMED THAT SHE DISINFECTED THE AREA AND USED GLOVES AND A MASK. SHE STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAS BEEN GOING WELL SINCE, AND THE CELL CULTURES HAVE SHOWN NO GROWTH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
64795 SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 5 MO HOMECHOICE