FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE

MDR report key: 3122955 · Received May 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-13081
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2013
Date of Event
May 2, 2013
Report Date
May 2, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K923065
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). USE ERROR AND PROPER USER INSTRUCTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE HOMECHOICE AND HOMECHOICE PRO APD SYSTEMS PATIENT AT-HOME GUIDE WHICH IS SHIPPED WITH EVERY HOMECHOICE DEVICE. THE GUIDE WARNS THE USER NOT TO REPLACE EMPTY SOLUTION BAGS OR RECONNECT DISCONNECTED SOLUTION BAGS DURING THERAPY. "IT ALSO WARNS THE USER THAT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE FLUID OR FLUID PATHWAYS CAN RESULT IF DISPOSABLES ARE REUSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR THE UNRELATED ALARM THE CARE GIVER (CG) SWITCHED THE HEATER BAG WITH THE FINAL BAG IN FILL 4 OF 4. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (TSR) ADVISED THE CG NEVER TO DISCONNECT AND THEN RECONNECT THE BAGS. AS A RESULT OF THE USE ERROR, THE SUPPLIES WERE COMPROMISED AND THE HOME PATIENT HAD TO END THE THERAPY EARLY. THE CG WAS GOING TO NOTIFY THE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS REGISTERED NURSE (PDRN) OF THE MISSED THERAPY. THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT, BUT THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, OR ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
225113 HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 HOMECHOICE