FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE

MDR report key: 4102867 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-32330
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
August 10, 2014
Report Date
September 30, 2015
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
KDJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS IS A REPORT OF A PATIENT WHO EXPERIENCED A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE RESULTING IN PERITONITIS. PER BAXTER LABELING, USERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO USE ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WHEN PERFORMING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS THERAPY. 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE CAUSE OF PERITONITIS WAS REPORTED TO BE THE USE OF A CONTAMINATED TOPICAL CREAM ON A NON-BAXTER PRODUCT. AS THE CAUSE OF THE PERITONITIS WAS DUE TO NON-BAXTER PRODUCT(S), THE BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION DISPOSABLE PRODUCT IS NO LONGER SUSPECT FOR THIS SERIOUS INJURY EVENT AND THE EVENT REMAINS A USE ERROR. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT EXPERIENCED A BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE DURING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) THERAPY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERITONITIS. THE BREACH IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WAS FURTHER SPECIFIED AS THE PATIENT DID NOT WEAR A MASK FOR THERAPY. PRIOR TO EXPERIENCING PERITONITIS, THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR AN UNKNOWN INDICATION. WHILE HOSPITALIZED, THE PATIENT WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH PERITONITIS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH ANCEF (INTRAVENOUSLY, DOSE AND FREQUENCY NOT REPORTED) FOR THE EVENT AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL TWELVE DAYS AFTER THE ONSET OF THE PERITONITIS. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE PATIENT WAS RECOVERING FROM THE EVENT. PD THERAPY WAS ONGOING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
584655 SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Hospitalization| R