FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE

MDR report key: 3953691 · Received July 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-23934
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 23, 2014
Date of Event
May 14, 2014
Report Date
May 14, 2014
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K102936
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE LOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN; THEREFORE, A DEVICE ANALYSIS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THIS IS A REPORT WHERE THE HOME PATIENT STATED THAT THEY CHANGED THE HEATER BAG WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR OTHER DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES. 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 INSTRUCTS THE USER NOT TO ATTEMPT TO REUSE ANY DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES. IT WARNS THE USER THAT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE FLUID OR FLUID PATHWAYS CAN RESULT IF DISPOSABLES ARE REUSED. A FORMAL REVIEW OF THE LABEL FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR AN UNRELATED ALARM ON THE HOMECHOICE (HC), A HOME PATIENT (HP) HAD REUSED THE DISPOSABLE CASSETTE AND SUPPLIES. THE HP INDICATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN CHANGING OUT THE BAG ON THE HEATER BY DISCONNECTING AND RECONNECTING DIFFERENT BAGS. THE HP DID THIS WITHOUT CHANGING ALL OF THE DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, OR ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
432401 HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 41 YR HOMECHOICE