FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 553692 · Received October 14, 2004

Report

Report Number
553692
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 14, 2004
Date of Event
September 24, 2004
Report Date
October 14, 2004
Manufacturer
UNKNOWN AS LINE PLACED IN OUT OF STATE HOSPITAL
Product Code
DQO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
PA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDING MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDER, S/P, STATUS POST, LADDS PROCEDURE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, S/P NISSEN, STATUS POST GASTRODUODENAL BYPASS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. PATIENT TPN DEPENDENT, HAS GJ-TUBE, HISTORY OF MULTIPLE INFECTIONS. RIGHT CHEST SINGLE LUMEN BROVIAC PLACED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AT AN OUT-OF-STATE HOSPITAL. PATIENT HAD PRESENTED TO ED, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WITH "BROKEN BROVIAC" AND IT WAS REPAIRED. PATIENT ADMITTED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER WITH FEVER. A COUPLE DAYS LATER, UNABLE TO DRAW BLOOD FROM LINE. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO FLUSH WITH 10:1 HEPARIN, NOTED LEAKAGE NEAR INSERTION SITE. ASSESSMENT OF AREA REVEALED SMALL OPENING ON LINE. BROVIAC SUCESSFULLY REPAIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * SINGLE LUMEN BROVIAC CATHETER DQO UNKNOWN AS LINE PLACED IN OUT OF STATE HOSPITAL * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 3 YR OTHER| LONG-TERM ANTIBIOTICS