FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

JM103 TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIMETER

MDR report key: 4148885 · Received October 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
MW5038489
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2014
Date of Event
July 17, 2014
Report Date
October 1, 2014
Manufacturer
DRAEGER MEDICAL INC
Product Code
MQM
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2014, MOM DELIVERED A NORMAL ((B)(6)) NEWBORN PRETERM AT (B)(6) GESTATION. ON (B)(6) 2014, NURSE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE ORDER FOR A 24 HOUR (TCB) TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBIN USING THE TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETER (JAUNDICE METER) ON NEWBORN (B)(6) AGE. THE INITIAL READING ON THE JAUNDICE METER SCREEN WAS (- - -) LINES ACROSS THE SCREEN. THE NURSE THEN ATTEMPTED TO RECALIBRATE AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES ON NEWBORN TO OBTAIN A NUMERICAL READING AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. NURSE DID ATTEMPT TO PERFORM TCB ON HERSELF AND WAS ABLE TO GET A NUMERICAL READING AND THEREFORE THOUGHT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE METER. NURSE THEN OBTAINED A SERUM BILIRUBIN AND LEVEL WAS 25.1 MG/DL. BABY REQUIRED EMERGENCY EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION AND TRANSFER TO NICU.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
610449 JM103 TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIMETER JAUNDICE METER JM-103 MQM DRAEGER MEDICAL INC JM 103

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 1 DA Life Threatening