FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE

MDR report key: 4163542 · Received September 25, 2014

Report

Report Number
2016493-2014-00453
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 25, 2014
Date of Event
August 27, 2014
Report Date
August 27, 2014
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORPORATION
Product Code
FRN
PMA / PMN Number
K950419
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TC
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND THE EVALUATION IS PENDING. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH INVESTIGATION RESULTS ONCE THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOWING AN ERCP (ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY) IN THE ENDOSCOPY SUITE, A PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PACU COMPLEX (POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT) DUE TO LACK OF ICU (INTENSIVE CARE UNIT) BED. THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN HYPOTENSIVE FOR A FEW HOURS WHEN THE CLINICIAN NOTED THAT SHE HAD BECOME BRACHYCARDIC (BRADYCARDIC). A CODE BLUE WAS ACTIVATED FOLLOWING A CARDIAC ARREST AND WHEN THE ICU PHYSICIAN ATTENDED THEY NOTED THAT THE INFUSION OF NORADRENALINE WAS BEING ADMINISTERED AT A LOWER RATE THAN EXPECTED. CPR WAS INITIATED, HOWEVER THE PATIENT DIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
596857 ALARIS PUMP MODULE INFUSION PUMP FRN CAREFUSION CORPORATION 8100 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Death ALARIS SYRINGE MODULE TUBING: MODEL /TUBING UNK| ALARIS SYRINGE MODULES: SN (B)(4)| ALARIS PC MODULE: SN (B)(4)| ALARIS PUMP MODULE TUBING: MODEL/TUBING UNK