FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

POWER LOC

MDR report key: 3202303 · Received June 25, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5030718
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 25, 2013
Date of Event
June 21, 2013
Report Date
June 24, 2013
Manufacturer
BARD
Product Code
FOZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, RN WAS PUSHING ADRIAMYCIN (DRUG IS RED, CHEMOTHERAPY) PER MEDIPORT WITH FREE FLOWING NORMAL SALINE IV. PT HAD A GAUZE DRESSING OVER HUBER NEEDLE. NOTED NEW, RED DRAINAGE ON DRESSING. DRESSING REMOVED. SLOWLY PUSHED ADDITIONAL ADRIAMYCIN, AND SAW ADRIAMYCIN BUBBLING UP FROM HUBER NEEDLE AT THE 90 DEGREE BEND IN THE NEEDLE. PRESENT HUBER NEEDLE PULLED. NEW HUBER NEEDLE PLACED WITHOUT FURTHER LEAKING. NO ADRIAMYCIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PT'S SKIN. NO HARM CAUSED TO PT. HAD THREE OTHER EPISODES WITH BLOOD DRAWS FROM HUBER NEEDLE WHERE BLOOD WAS BUBBLING OUT FROM THE 90 DEGREE BEND, AND LAB DRAW WAS FROTHY WITH AIR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
288029 POWER LOC POWER LOC FOZ BARD ASXDS115

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR