FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MICROBORE EXTENSION SET W/LL T-CONNECTOR

MDR report key: 390039 · Received April 19, 2002

Report

Report Number
9610175-2002-00006
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 19, 2002
Date of Event
March 1, 2002
Report Date
March 22, 2002
Manufacturer
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Product Code
FPA
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORT RECEIVED FROM ABBOTT INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE (ABBOTT UNITED KINGDOM) WHICHS STATES. "RUBBER BUNG DISCONNECTED AND WAS LOST. NO BLOOD LOSS OCCURRED, AND NO PATIENT ILL-EFFECTS WERE NOTED." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES, "THE HOSPITAL DECLINED TO RELEASE ANY PATIENT INFORMATION, A) TO MAINTAIN PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, AND B) BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT WAS NOT PERTINENT TO THE INVESTIGATION. THEY DID, HOWEVER, SUPPLY THE INFORMATION THAT THE PATEINT'S LIMB WAS IMMOBILIZED BY A SPLINT, THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT TO HAVE REMOVED THE BUNG. THE CO'S INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE SET WAS NOT BEING ACCESSED AT THE TIME OF THE DISCONNECTION, WHICH WAS NOT ACTUALLY WITNESSED. APPARENTLY THE SET WAS IN USE TO CONNECT TPN CIRCUIT TO A CANNULA, AND WAS REPLACED AFTER THE INCIDENT." ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED, NONE HAS BECOME AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MICROBORE EXTENSION SET W/LL T-CONNECTOR ADMINISTRATION SET FPA ABBOTT LABORATORIES NA 81614VM

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other