FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 445941 · Received February 28, 2003

Report

Report Number
1219702-2003-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 28, 2003
Date of Event
January 16, 2003
Report Date
February 22, 2003
Manufacturer
BELMONT INSTRUMENT CORP.
Product Code
FRN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A LIVER TRANSPLANT, SEVERAL BOLUES WERE USED, AND MAX RATE WAS ALSO USED. APP. 3 HRS INTO PROCEDURE, THE INJECTION PORT ABOVE THE RESERVOIR BECAME DISCONNECTED SPRAYING BLOOD PRODUCT AND CRYSTALLOID ON TO THE UNIT. THE UNIT WAS CLEANED AND LEAK WAS FIXED. NO PROBLEM WITH UNIT FOR THE NEXT 3 HRS. A TOTAL PUMPING TIME OF APP. 6 HRS AND 16,000 ML OF FLUIDS HAD BEEN INFUSED. SUDDENLY, THE UNIT EXHIBITED THE 'PUMP FAULT' ALARM AND STOPPED PUMPING. THE UNIT WAS TURNED OFF AND ON WITHOUT SUCCESS. A PUMP FROM OTHER MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE FMS2000 WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ANESTHESIA TECHNICIAN FOUND A PIECE OF ROCKER (WITH PUMP ROLLER) LOOSENED AND FELL FROM THE PUMP HEAD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INFUSION PUMP WITH WARMER FRN BELMONT INSTRUMENT CORP. FMS2000 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other