FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SPECTRUM INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 3222011 · Received July 5, 2013

Report

Report Number
1314492-2013-01035
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 5, 2013
Date of Event
June 1, 2013
Report Date
June 7, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
FRN
PMA / PMN Number
K042121
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VT, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO BAXTER FOR EVALUATION AND THEREFORE AN EVALUATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. IF A DEVICE IS RETURNED, AN EVALUATION WILL BE COMPLETED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A CUSTOMER WAS SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF SPECTRUM PUMP'S THAT WERE ALARMING FALSELY FOR UPSTREAM OCCLUSION. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT HE HAS HAD 14 OR 15 DEVICES THIS YEAR EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THE CUSTOMER TESTS THE DEVICES WITH WATER AND STATED THAT THIS ALARM SHOULD NOT OCCUR DUE TO THE LACK OF AN OCCLUSION IN THE IV LINE. HE STATED THAT HE CANNOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC DEVICE AT THIS TIME EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE, BUT JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO PT INJURY RELATED TO THESE ALARMS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
307609 SPECTRUM INFUSION PUMP INFUSION PUMP FRN BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 35700

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1