FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RA CATH SET: 20 X 1-1/2

MDR report key: 3871190 · Received May 16, 2014

Report

Report Number
9680794-2014-00111
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 16, 2014
Date of Event
April 29, 2014
Report Date
May 14, 2014
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC.
Product Code
DQY
PMA / PMN Number
K810675
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS COMPLAINT WAS RECEIVED VIA MEDWATCH REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED THE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON A (B)(6) YR/OLD FEMALE PATIENT WEIGHING (B)(6). THE PATIENT WAS NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETIC; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, ANEMIA, PANCREATITIS, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE VERSUS ACUTE OR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, AND MILD HYPERNATREMIA. THE REPORT STATES: INSERTED ARTERIAL LINE INTO RADIAL ARTERY. GOT BLOOD FLASH BACK. INSERTED GUIDE WIRE AND ADVANCED SHEATH. FELT RESISTANCE, RETRACTED. AFTER RETRACTED A LUMP WAS NOTED UNDER THE SKIN. CATHETER HAD HALF OF SHEATH MISSING. HALF OF SHEATH REMAINED UNDER THE SKIN. SURGEON WAS NOTIFIED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND UNDER FLUOROSCOPIC VISUALIZATION, MULTIPLANAR VIEWS OF THE RIGHT WRIST FOREIGN BODY WERE TAKEN WITH C-ARM FLUOROSCOPY. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS MARKED WITH METALLIC OBJECT FOR FINDING. AN INCISION WAS MADE OVER THE FOREIGN BODY. ELECTROCAUTERY WAS USED TO CUT DOWN THROUGH THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE. THE FOREIGN BODY, WHICH REPRESENTED A DISTORTED MANGLED LARGE REMNANT FRAGMENT OF ANGIOCATHETER WAS REMOVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
293954 RA CATH SET: 20 X 1-1/2 ARTERIAL CATHETER PRODUCTS DQY ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC. CF1022794

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Required Intervention