FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

INTERLINK CONTINU-FLO SOLUTION SET

MDR report key: 486585 · Received September 26, 2003

Report

Report Number
6000001-2003-08948
Event Type
Other
Date Received
September 26, 2003
Date of Event
August 26, 2003
Report Date
August 26, 2003
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.
Product Code
FPA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CLINICIAN REPORTED NOTING A HOLE IN THE IV TUBING DURING PT USE WHILE ADMINISTERING MAGNESIUM SULFATE (MG SO4) TO STOP LABOR. FURTHER FOLLOW UP WITH CLINICIAN REVEALED THAT THE PT INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED EVENT WAS 28 WEEKS OF GESTATINAL AGE. REPORTEDLY, THE CONCENTRATION OF MG S04 WAS 40 GM PER 1000 ML OF LACTATED RINGERS. CLINICIAN STATED THAT PT INITIALLY RECEIVED A 4G BOLUS AT 200 ML/H OVER 30 MINS, THEN THE DRIP WAS INCREASED TO 2G/H AT 50ML/H, AND THEN TO 3G/H AT 75ML/H, PER CLINICIAN, TUBING WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING WHEN THE DRIP RATE WAS INCREASED TO 3G/H. CLINICIAN STATED THAT THE MG SO4 BOLUS WAS BEING INCREASED BECAUSE PT'S CONTRACTIONS WOULD NOT STOP. REPORTER STATED THAT AS SOON AS THE TUBING WAS CHANGED AND THE MG SO4 BOLUS WAS RESTARTED, THE CONTRACTIONS STOPPED. REPORTER STATED THAT AFTER PT'S CONTRACTIONS STOPPED, THE PT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL AS INITIALLY PLANNED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTERLINK CONTINU-FLO SOLUTION SET INTERLINK CONTINU-FLO SET FPA BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. NA R03E12191

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other