Description of Event or Problem · 1
PREMATURE INFANT (30 WEEKS GESTATION TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC VAGINAL DELIVERY. UPON ARRIVAL, AN UMBILICAL CATHETER WAS INSERTED AT 9:30 PM. TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS LATER, THE PATIENT EXPIRED. AUTOPSY REVEALED PERFORATED UMBILICAL ARTERY SECONDARY TO CATHETER INSERTION. DETERMINE REPORTABLE: 4/20/93INVALID DATA - REGARDING SINGLE USE LABELING OF DEVICE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: CRITICAL CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: TELEMETRY FAILURE, INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE, PORT. CONCLUSION: NO FAILURE DETECTED AND PRODUCT WITHIN SPECIFICATION. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: YES. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: NONE OR UNKNOWN. INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF STATUS.