FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PORT INTRODUCER KIT

MDR report key: 7159693 · Received January 3, 2018

Report

Report Number
7159693
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 3, 2018
Date of Event
December 4, 2017
Report Date
December 19, 2017
Manufacturer
CARDINAL HEALTH
Product Code
OKE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT CONNECTED TO ELASTOMERIC PUMP CONTAINING 5FU FOR CONTINUOUS HOME INFUSION. PATIENT REPORTED TO THE CHEMO INFUSION CENTER AROUND 11 AM TO HAVE HIS FANNY PACK REPLACED AS THE ZIPPER HAD BROKEN. AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY. AROUND 2PM THE PATIENT REPORTED BACK AT THE INFUSION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE TUBING FROM THE 5FU PUMP HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE TUBING ON THE HUBER NEEDLE. UPON EXAMINING THE PATIENT AND THE EQUIPMENT, THE CLAVE CONNECTOR HAD BECOME LOOSENED TO THE POINT IT CAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE HUBER NEEDLING TUBING. SUBSEQUENTLY THE PATIENT HAD CHEMOTHERAPY ON HIS CLOTHING. BECAUSE THE VASCULAR ACCESS WAS COMPROMISED, THE HUBER NEEDLE WAS REMOVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
6531 PORT INTRODUCER KIT OKE CARDINAL HEALTH 435984

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1