FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTEGO

MDR report key: 4173637 · Received August 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
4173637
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 19, 2014
Date of Event
August 14, 2014
Report Date
August 18, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDRAD INC.
Product Code
FRN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
VT, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN INFUSION OF FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE (F18-FDG) IN PREPARATION FOR A CT/PET SCAN APPEARED TO OCCUR WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. THE INFUSION SYSTEM RECORDED THE DELIVERY AS SUCCESSFUL. THE SCAN, HOWEVER, DID NOT INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE ISOTOPE. A SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE INFUSION SYSTEM REVEALED THAT PART OF THE DELIVERY CIRCUIT TUBING HAD BECOME PARTIALLY DISPLACED FROM THE PINCH VALVE THAT CONTROLS FLOW THROUGH IT, RESULTING IN THE FDG BEING DELIVERED TO THE WASTE BAG INSTEAD OF THE PATIENT.======================MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR PET INFUSION SYSTEM, INTEGO (PER SITE REPORTER).======================THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND INDICATED THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE MAKING A MODIFICATION EARLY NEXT YEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE IT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
498389 INTEGO PUMP, INFUSION FRN MEDRAD INC. * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *