FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TRIMA ACCEL

MDR report key: 3042887 · Received April 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
1722028-2013-01078
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 9, 2013
Date of Event
August 28, 2012
Report Date
March 13, 2013
Manufacturer
TERUMO BCT
Product Code
GKT
PMA / PMN Number
BK120017
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. INVESTIGATION: THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) WERE REVIEWED FOR THIS EVENT. THERE WERE NO EVENTS NOTED IN THE DHR THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELEVATED WBC COUNT EXPERIENCED BY THE CUSTOMER. ROOT CAUSE: THIS DISPOSABLE SET WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE OBSERVED LEUKOREDUCTION FAILURE REMAINS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSES WERE PROVIDED IN THE INITIAL REPORT FOR THIS EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION: THE RUN DATA FILE (RDF) WAS ANALYZED FOR THIS EVENT. THE SIGNALS IN THE RUN DATA FILE INDICATE THAT THE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT WAS LIKELY A RESULT OF AN ESCAPE OF WBCS FROM THE LRS CHAMBER DURING A PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE. THERE ARE NO EVENTS (ADJUSTMENTS, CHANGES IN PUMP SPEED, SUBSTATE CHANGES, ETC.) IN THE PROCEDURE THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE ONSET OF THE OVERLOADING OF THE LRS CHAMBER. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT THIS LEUKO-REDUCTION FAILURE COULD BE DONOR-RELATED. INVESTIGATION EVALUATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE IN-PROCESS. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE THE RUN DATA FILE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL (WBC) CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT. THERE WAS NOT A TRANSFUSION RECIPIENT OR PATIENT INVOLVED AT THE TIME OF THE RESIDUAL WBC TESTING, THEREFORE, NO PATIENT INFORMATION IS REASONABLY KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. DONOR UNIT #: (B)(6) THE DISPOSABLE SET IS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER DISCARDED IT. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED DUE TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
147533 TRIMA ACCEL TRIMA ACCEL ENHANCED PLT, PLS, RBC SET GKT TERUMO BCT 07U1122

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other