FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 3122912 · Received May 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-13072
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2013
Date of Event
April 6, 2013
Report Date
April 29, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Product Code
FPA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. A BATCH REVIEW CANNOT BE PERFORMED SINCE THERE WAS NO LOT NUMBER PROVIDED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A FREE FLOW OF A NON-BAXTER DRUG USING AN UNKNOWN SECONDARY SET PRIOR TO CONNECTION TO THE PATIENT. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE NURSE ATTACHED THE SECONDARY BAG AND TUBING TO THE PRIMARY SET, WHICH WAS LOADED INTO AN UNKNOWN PUMP. THE NURSE THEN PROGRAMMED AND STARTED THE PUMP AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE SECONDARY BAG APPEARED TO BE FREE FLOWING AND SHE CLAMPED THE TUBING. THE NURSE REPLACED THE SECONDARY SET USING THE SAME PUMP AND THE SAME PRIMARY SET AND RESTARTED THE SECONDARY INFUSION WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. THE NURSE DID NOT NOTICE IF THE INFUSION WAS BACK FLOWING INTO THE PRIMARY CONTAINER AS BOTH SOLUTIONS WERE CLEAR. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
223947 ACCESS SET, ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVASCULAR FPA BAXTER HEALTHCARE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN PUMP| CIPRO