FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
ALARIS MEDLEY
MDR report key: 3072600
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Received March 7, 2013
Report
- Report Number
- 3072600
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- March 7, 2013
- Date of Event
- February 25, 2013
- Report Date
- March 7, 2013
- Manufacturer
- CAREFUSION303, INC.
- Product Code
- FRN
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- User Facility report
- Reporter Location
- MA, US
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT WITH PREEXISTING C4-5 QUADRIPLEGIA HAD UNDERGONE OPERATIVE CYSTECTOMY. AN 18G IV CATHETER WAS PLACED IN THE LEFT EXTERNAL JUGULAR FOR PLANNED BLOOD TRANSFUSION. TWO UNITS OF PRBC'S PLACED ON ALARIS PUMP AND TRANSFUSED AT 500CC/HOUR, FOLLOWED BY 500CC LR BOLUS AT RAPID 999 RATE. SOON AFTER IV INFILTRATION NOTED ON LEFT NECK. THE PUMP WAS STOPPED. THE PUMP NEVER ALARMED WITH OCCLUSION WARNINGS DURING PRBC OR LR TRANSFUSIONS RAPID RATES, WITH CONTINUED INFUSION INTO INFILTRATED TISSUE.DEVICE #1IS THIS A LABORATORY DEVICE OR LABORATORY TEST?NO.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98635 | ALARIS MEDLEY | PUMP, INFUSION | FRN | CAREFUSION303, INC. | 8000BX03EE | * |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * |