FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FOLFUSOR

MDR report key: 4123576 · Received September 26, 2014

Report

Report Number
1416980-2014-33515
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 26, 2014
Report Date
September 3, 2014
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - IRVINE
Product Code
MEB
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE AFFECTED DEVICE WAS RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION AGAINST THE REPORTED CONDITION. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DEVICE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY ABNORMALITIES THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED CONDITION. FUNCTIONAL LEAK TESTING WAS PERFORMED AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY A LEAK. THE REPORTED CONDITION COULD NOT VERIFIED. A BATCH REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED AND THERE WERE NO DEVIATIONS FOUND RELATED TO THIS REPORTED CONDITION DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS LOT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EVALUATED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOLUTION WAS DETECTED INSIDE OF THE HOUSING OF A LARGE VOLUME FOLFUSOR, INDICATING LEAKAGE HAD OCCURRED. THIS WAS NOTICED DURING PATIENT INFUSION OF FLUOROURACIL AND SODIUM CHLORIDE, APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY INTO THE EXPECTED INFUSION DURATION. A NEW FOLFUSOR DEVICE WAS THEN FILLED FOR THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF 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
602220 FOLFUSOR PUMP, INFUSION, ELASTOMERIC MEB BAXTER HEALTHCARE - IRVINE 14A058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 FLUOROURACIL| SODIUM CHLORIDE