FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INFUSOR

MDR report key: 3020240 · Received March 25, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-07186
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 25, 2013
Date of Event
January 29, 2013
Report Date
February 26, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - IRVINE
Product Code
MEB
PMA / PMN Number
K071222
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PO
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INITIAL EVALUATION CONFIRMED THE REPORTED CONDITION. UPON COMPLETION OF BAXTER'S INVESTIGATION, A FOLLOW-UP WILL BE SUBMITTED. THE BATCH REVIEW REVEALED THAT ALL OF THE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WERE MET TO RELEASE THE LOT. THERE WERE NO NON-CONFORMANCES, FAILURES, REWORK, OR DEVIATIONS RELATED TO THE LOT. THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO SPECIFICATIONS, TEST METHODS, PROCESS, EQUIPMENT, OR RAW MATERIALS THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED CONDITION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVALUATION SUMMARY: BAXTER RECEIVED ONE SAMPLE FOR EVALUATION. THE REPORTED CONDITION OF A LEAK WAS CONFIRMED. UPON SAMPLE RECEIPT, THE DEVICE CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 50 ML OF FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. TO VERIFY THE REPORTED CONDITION, THE FILL-PORT CAP WAS REMOVED. UPON REMOVAL, LEAKAGE (BACKFLOW) WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE FILL PORT. VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE DISASSEMBLED UNIT REVEALED THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS A 0.25-MM PARTICLE OF ACRYLIC RESIN BENEATH THE CHECK BAND. NO REPAIR WAS DONE, AS THIS IS A SINGLE-USE DEVICE WHICH WILL BE DISCARDED. NO OTHER OBSERVATIONS WERE NOTED ON THE UNIT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BAXTER PORTUGAL RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN INFUSOR THAT HAD LEAKED, FROM THE FILLPORT, PRIOR TO USE. THE CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT; THEREFORE, NO PATIENT INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, NOR ADVERSE REACTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED CONDITION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
121488 INFUSOR PUMP, INFUSION, ELASTOMERIC MEB BAXTER HEALTHCARE - IRVINE 12A047

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1