FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
PORT INTRODUCER KIT
MDR report key: 7159693
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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 |