FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MINICAP TRANSFER SET

MDR report key: 2973535 · Received February 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-04417
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 22, 2013
Date of Event
January 27, 2013
Report Date
January 31, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS REPORTED ISSUE IS NOT CONFIRMED AND THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SAMPLE RETURNED TO BAXTER FOR EVALUATION. A SAMPLE WAS REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. A REVIEW OF ALL BATCH RECORD DOCUMENTS WAS PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES OR DEVIATIONS NOTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED FOUR DAYS AFTER THE TRANSFER SET WAS CHANGED AND TIGHTENED BY THE NURSE, THE PATIENT WOKE UP IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT DURING AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (APD) THERAPY DUE TO A FLUID LEAK FROM CATHETER AND FOUND THAT THE MINI-CAP TRANSFER SET HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE TITANIUM ADAPTER (ADDRESSED IN (B)(4)). THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE DISCONNECTION WAS UNKNOWN, BUT SUSPECTED TO BE RELATED TO THE PATIENT LOOSENING THE CONNECTION WHILE CHANGING SOLUTION BAGS. IT WAS UNKNOWN HOW THE TRANSFER SET WAS BEING STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO THE THREADS OF THE ADAPTER. ON THE SAME DAY OF THE DISCONNECTION, THE PATIENT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO THE DISCONNECTION. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED ON THE SAME DAY AND DIAGNOSED WITH PERITONITIS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH UNSPECIFIED ANTIBIOTICS. APD THERAPY WAS TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED. DURING THE HOSPITALIZATION, THE TRANSFER SET WAS REPLACED AND APD THERAPY WAS RESTARTED. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE PATIENT HAD RECOVERED FROM THE PERITONITIS EVENT, BUT REMAINED HOSPITALIZED DUE TO FEELING UNWELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
78058 MINICAP TRANSFER SET SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME H12F18054

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Hospitalization| R HOMECHOICE| TITANIUM ADAPTER| EXTRANEAL| DIANEAL PD4 AMBUFLEX 2.5%