FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE

MDR report key: 3923056 · Received July 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-21939
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 9, 2014
Date of Event
June 14, 2014
Report Date
June 14, 2014
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K102936
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AN ALARM INDICATIVE OF A POTENTIAL MALFUNCTION OF THE DISPOSABLE CASSETTE WAS IDENTIFIED. AS THE CASSETTE WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, A DEVICE ANALYSIS CANNOT BE COMPLETED. HOWEVER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE HOME PATIENT HAD LEFT THE PATIENT LINE CLAMPED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCOMPLETELY PRIMED PATIENT LINE. THE HOME PATIENT THEN CONNECTED TO THE HOMECHOICE AND STARTED THE INITIAL DRAIN. USE ERRORS AND PROPER USER INSTRUCTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN ¿THE HOMECHOICE AND HOMECHOICE PRO APD SYSTEMS PATIENT AT-HOME GUIDE¿, WHICH IS SHIPPED WITH EVERY HOMECHOICE DEVICE. THE GUIDE PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPERLY PRIMING THE DISPOSABLE SET AND WARNS THE USER NOT TO CONNECT TO YOUR PATIENT LINE UNLESS THE FLUID LEVEL IS AT OR NEAR THE CONNECTOR AT THE END OF THE DISPOSABLE SET PATIENT LINE. THE GUIDE INSTRUCTS THE USER TO VERIFY THAT THE PATIENT LINE IS PROPERLY PRIMED AND PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPERLY REPRIMING THE PATIENT LINE. A REVIEW OF THE LABEL FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT RECEIVED A SYSTEM ERROR 2240 (AIR IN LINE) DURING USE OF THE HOMECHOICE MACHINE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE PATIENT STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED DURING THE INITIAL DRAIN. THE TECHNICAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE ASSISTED THE PATIENT IN CLEARING THE ALARM. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT THE CLAMP ON THE PATIENT LINE WAS CLOSED DURING THERAPY AND THE PATIENT LINE DID NOT PROPERLY PRIME AS A RESULT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS REPORT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
399330 HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR HOMECHOICE