FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MINICAP TRANSFER SET

MDR report key: 3903215 · Received June 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-20940
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 30, 2014
Date of Event
June 5, 2014
Report Date
June 5, 2014
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
KDJ
PMA / PMN Number
K882498
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). (B)(6). THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY BAXTER, BUT THE EVALUATION HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED UPON COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION OR IF ANY ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A USED PATIENT SAMPLE WAS RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION. VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED. LEAK TESTING, CLEAR PASSAGE TESTING, AND CLAMP FUNCTION TESTING WERE PERFORMED. SAMPLE ANALYSIS DID NOT VERIFY THE REPORTED ISSUE AND THE SAMPLE ANALYSIS DETERMINED THE PRODUCT MET PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. UPON CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S TRANSFER SET LEAKED AT THE TWIST CLAMP WHEN IT WAS OPENED, DURING USE. THIS WAS FOUND WHEN THE PATIENT HAD COME IN FOR A PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) CATHETER FLUSH. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS AS A PRECAUTION. THE REPORTER STATED THAT THERE WAS VISUALLY NO EVIDENCE OF AN ISSUE UNTIL THE TRANSFER SET WAS BEING USED. IT WAS LEAKING AT THE TWIST CLAMP, WHERE THE LIGHT BLUE PORTION (MAINBODY) MEETS WITH THE WHITE PORTION (TWIST SLEEVE). THERE WAS NO LEAK WHEN THE TRANSFER SET WAS CLOSED, JUST WHEN IT WAS OPENED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION INDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
380048 MINICAP TRANSFER SET SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 PD CATHETER