FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE

MDR report key: 3241222 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-19324
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Date of Event
May 13, 2013
Report Date
June 27, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE CAUSE OF THIS PERITONITIS WAS USE ERROR REPORTED TO BE DUE TO A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE BY THE PATIENT. PER BAXTER LABELING, USERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO USE ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WHEN PERFORMING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS THERAPY. A FORMAL REVIEW OF THE LABEL FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT (PT) HAD A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE DURING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) THERAPY WHICH CAUSED PERITONITIS. ON AN UNREPORTED DATE 3 YEARS AGO, THE PATIENT BEGAN TREATMENT WITH DIANEAL PD4 THERAPIES (DOSES, FREQUENCIES AND LOT NUMBERS NOT REPORTED) INTRAPERITONEALLY (IP) FOR AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (APD). ON AN UNREPORTED DATE, THE PATIENT WAS PUT ON CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD). APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS REPORT, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PERITONITIS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THE EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PERITONITIS WAS CAUSED BY THE PATIENT'S HYGIENE (DETAILS NOT PROVIDED). ON AN UNREPORTED DATE, THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH IV (INTRAVENOUS) UNSPECIFIED ANTIBIOTICS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PERITONITIS. TWO DAYS AFTER BEING ADMITTED, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE PATIENT WAS NOT RETRAINED ON ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE, HOWEVER, THE PATIENT'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER RECEIVED TRAINING ON PROPER ASEPTIC PROCEDURES FROM THE PD CLINIC. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE PT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE PERITONITIS EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BUT IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
341296 SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R DIANEAL PD4 2.5%| DIANEAL PD4, 1.5%