FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PLASMACELL-C DISPOSABLE SET W/1000 ML BAG

MDR report key: 384163 · Received March 22, 2002

Report

Report Number
1420141-2002-00012
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 22, 2002
Date of Event
January 3, 2002
Report Date
March 22, 2002
Manufacturer
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Product Code
GKT
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BE
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 02/2002, BAXTER EUROPE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DR. INFORMING BAXTER OF AN ISSUE WITH A DONOR AFTER A PLASMAPHERESIS PROCEDURE PERFORMED. IN 02/2002 DR. RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT A PLASMAPHERESIS DONOR WAS SHOWING A DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS THAT POSSIBLY WAS RELATED TO PLASMAPHERESIS PROCEDURE PERFORMED A MONTH EARLIER. A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE DONATION THE DONOR COMPLAINED OF PAIN AT THE DISTAL LOCATION OF THE VENIPUNCTURE SITE. THE DONOR VISITED THEIR WORK PHYSICIAN WHERE NON-STERIOD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS WERE GIVEN (NSAID). THE DONOR RETURNED TO THE CENTER BECAUSE THE PAIN PERSISTED. THE DONOR WAS REFERRED TO THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN WHO PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS APART FROM THE NSAID'S. SINCE THE PAIN PERSISTED AND SMALL SWELLING WAS ON THE HAND AND FOREARM THE DONOR WAS REFERRED TO A VASCULAR SURGEON. INVESTIGATION OF THE DONOR REVEALED THAT THE DONOR HAD A DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS APPROX 10 CM PROXIMAL OF THE VENIPUNCTURE SITE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PLASMACELL-C DISPOSABLE SET W/1000 ML BAG AUTOPHERESIS-C KITS GKT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NA A01I16253

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Hospitalization INSTRUMENT NR 9108D.| NEEDLE: 01G02-1, CITRATE 01K09A3, SALINE H01I24A7