FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TRIMA ACCEL

MDR report key: 4101537 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
1722028-2014-00378
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
August 20, 2014
Report Date
August 22, 2014
Manufacturer
TERUMO BCT
Product Code
GKT
PMA / PMN Number
BK120049
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION: THE DISPOSABLE SET WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN AND INVESTIGATION. THE RUN DATA FILE (RDF) WAS ANALYZED FOR THIS EVENT. THE SIGNALS IN THE RUN DATA FILE INDICATE THAT THE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT WAS LIKELY A RESULT OF AN ESCAPE OF WBCS FROM THE LRS CHAMBER DURING A PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT THE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT COULD BE DONOR RELATED. IT ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT A SAMPLING, CALCULATION, OR OTHER PROCESS ERROR COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED WBC CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT. INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INVESTIGATION: THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) WERE REVIEWED FOR THIS EVENT. THERE WERE NO EVENTS NOTED IN THE DHR THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELEVATED WBC COUNT EXPERIENCED BY THE CUSTOMER. ROOT CAUSE: THIS DISPOSABLE SET WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE OBSERVED LEUKO REDUCTION FAILURE REMAINS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSES WERE PROVIDED IN THE INITIAL REPORT FOR THIS EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE THE RUN DATA FILE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL (WBC) CONTENT IN THE PLATELET PRODUCT. THERE WAS NOT A TRANSFUSION RECIPIENT OR PATIENT INVOLVED AT THE TIME OF THE RESIDUAL WBC TESTING, THEREFORE NO PATIENT INFORMATION IS REASONABLY KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. (B)(6) THE DISPOSABLE SET IS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER DISCARDED IT. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED DUE TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
584210 TRIMA ACCEL TRIMA ACCEL PLATELET, PLASMA SET GKT TERUMO BCT 07W2203

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other