Description of Event or Problem · 1
A PATIENT REPORTED A LEAK WITH THEIR 5-FU PUMP THAT WAS PLACED ON (B)(6) 2017. SEVERAL OTHER PATIENTS PRESENTED WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THOSE PATIENTS WERE ASKED TO RETURN TO THE FACILITY, (B)(6), FOR A REPLACEMENT PUMP. AT THE FACILITY, THERE WERE 5-FU LEAKAGES THAT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2017 BEFORE THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE PATIENTS. AS A RESULT, NEW SETS WERE PREPARED. ON (B)(6) 2017, A PATIENT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DUE TO A 5-FU PUMP LEAKAGE. ON (B)(6) 2017, ANOTHER PATIENT CALLED THE FACILITY WITH A COMPLAINT OF A LEAKAGE IN THEIR PUMP. THE REMAINING PATIENTS WERE IMMEDIATELY CALLED IN FOR THE REMOVAL OF THEIR WALKMED PUMPS. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM, AND NO PATIENT EXPOSURE. A DIFFERENT BRAND WAS USED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE PUMPS THAT WERE BEING USED BY THESE PATIENTS. THE PUMP SUPPLIER ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL AND NOTIFIED ALL OF THEIR FACILITIES BEING SERVICED BY THEM OF RECENT ISSUES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. (B)(6) IS CURRENTLY SEEKING TO WORK WITH A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER. THE WALKMED PUMP TUBING SET FOR WALKMED INFUSION PUMP 152CM LOT NUMBERS THAT APPEARED TO BE DEFECTIVE WERE LOT NUMBERS: 20217508, 20317530, 20715517. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: CANCER TREATMENT.