FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE

MDR report key: 3971855 · Received July 31, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-24926
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 31, 2014
Date of Event
May 19, 2014
Report Date
May 19, 2014
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K102936
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AS THE CASSETTE WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, A DEVICE ANALYSIS CANNOT BE COMPLETED. 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 THE PATIENT LINE UNLESS THE FLUID LEVEL IS AT OR NEAR THE CONNECTOR AT THE END OF THE DISPOSABLE SET PATIENT LINE. THE GUIDE ALSO 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 FORMAL 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

DURING A REQUEST FOR THERAPY ASSISTANCE ON THE HOMECHOICE (HC) MACHINE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE HOME PATIENT (HP) WAS CONNECTED DURING PRIMING. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (TSR) EXPLAINED TO THE HP THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE CONNECTED DURING PRIME, AS AIR COULD BE INFUSED INTO THE HP. THE TSR ASSISTED THE HP IN OPENING THE CASSETTE DOOR TO REMOVE THE CASSETTE. THE HP PLANNED TO START THERAPY OVER WITH NEW SUPPLIES. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
446846 HOMECHOICE AUTOMATED PD SET WITH CASSETTE SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR HOMECHOICE