FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

NXSTAGE SYSTEM ONE

MDR report key: 6375935 · Received March 3, 2017

Report

Report Number
3003464075-2017-00012
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 3, 2017
Date of Event
February 7, 2017
Manufacturer
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FKR
PMA / PMN Number
K140571
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION. A DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW (DHR) WAS PERFORMED AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND DURING THE MANUFACTURING OF THE REPORTED LOT. BIOCOMPATIBILITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THERE IS NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE THAT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. THE NXSTAGE USER GUIDE PROVIDES WARNING TO ALWAYS USE ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE WHEN HANDLING CONNECTIONS. TOUCHING THESE SURFACES MAY MAKE THEM NON-STERILE, WHICH MAY CAUSE PATIENT INFECTION. NXSTAGE MEDICAL CONSIDERS THIS REPORT CLOSED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S HOME THERAPY NURSE THAT A (B)(6) FEMALE PATIENT WAS TREATING IN CENTER ON (B)(6) 2017. APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER TREATMENT COMMENCED, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED FEVER AND CHILLS. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS ADMITTED ON (B)(6) 2017. THE PHYSICIAN DOCUMENTED IN THE MEDICAL RECORDS THAT THE PATIENT WAS VERY UNSTABLE, UNRESPONSIVE, WAS INTUBATED AND PLACED ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION. THE PATIENT WAS HYPOTENSIVE REQUIRING THREE "PRESSORS" (VASOPRESSORS), RECEIVED BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS (UNSPECIFIED), WAS TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND WAS PLACED ON CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (CRRT). ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION BY THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD SEVERE SEPSIS SECONDARY TO CITROBACTER KOSERI, LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT (R) RENAL STONES AND COLITIS SEEN IN CT IMAGING. THE PHYSICIAN HAD NOTED THERE WAS BLEEDING FROM THE RIGHT FEMORAL VASCATH AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A SECONDARY SOURCE OF INFECTION. THE PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDED REMOVAL OF THE FEMORAL LINE. THE PATIENT DIED IN THE HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2017. THE NURSE REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS SEPSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
159060 NXSTAGE SYSTEM ONE HIGH PERMEABILITY HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM FKR NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. SAK-301 60679273

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Death| H| L| R