FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TRIMA ACCEL

MDR report key: 3810444 · Received May 14, 2014

Report

Report Number
1722028-2014-00173
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 14, 2014
Date of Event
April 16, 2014
Report Date
April 18, 2014
Manufacturer
TERUMO BCT
Product Code
GKT
PMA / PMN Number
BK120049
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION: THE DISPOSABLE SET WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN AND INVESTIGATION. THE RUN DATA FILE WAS ANALYZED FOR THIS EVENT. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) WERE REVIEWED FOR THIS EVENT. THERE WERE NO EVENTS NOTED IN THE DHR THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELEVATED WBC COUNT EXPERIENCED BY THE CUSTOMER. ROOT CAUSE: A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE OBSERVED LEUKOREDUCTION FAILURE REMAINS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE SIGNALS IN THE RUN DATA FILE INDICATE THAT THE TRIMA ACCEL SYSTEM OPERATED AS INTENDED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE FOR THE HIGHER-THAN-EXPECTED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT REPORTED FOR THIS COLLECTION. THERE ARE SIGNALS IN THE RUN DATA FILE THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH SOME POSSIBLE CLUMPING/AGGREGATION DURING THE COLLECTION. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT THIS CLUMPING/AGGREGATION COULD BE DONOR RELATED AND COULD HAVE AFFECTED THE SEPARATION OF CELLS IN THE LRS CHAMBER. IT ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT A SAMPLING, CALCULATION, OR OTHER PROCESS ERROR COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELEVATED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE THE RUN DATA FILE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL (WBC) CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT. THERE WAS NOT A TRANSFUSION RECIPIENT OR PATIENT INVOLVED AT THE TIME OF THE RESIDUAL WBC TESTING, THEREFORE NO PATIENT INFORMATION IS REASONABLY KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. DONOR UNIT #: (B)(6) THE DISPOSABLE SET IS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER DISCARDED IT. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED DUE TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
288813 TRIMA ACCEL TRIMA ACCEL PLATELET, PLASMA SET GKT TERUMO BCT 03W2124

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other