FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL

MDR report key: 7457787 · Received April 25, 2018

Report

Report Number
7457787
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 25, 2018
Date of Event
November 27, 2017
Report Date
April 16, 2018
Product Code
MEA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT DELIVERED VIA C-SECTION ON [DATE REDACTED] AT 2024. PATIENT ARRIVED TO UNIT WITH PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL (PCE) MACHINE RUNNING. NO ALARM ALERTS NOTED ON PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL (PCE) MACHINE. AT 0200, NOTED THAT MEDICATION BAG IN PCE DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE A LESSENED ABOUT OF MEDICATION DESPITE MACHINE INFORMATION THAT MEDICATION WAS BEING ADMINISTERED. PATIENT PHYSICIAN CALLED AND REPLACED PCE WITH PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA (PCA) PUMP. UPON WASTING MEDICATION, 90ML NOTED LEFT IN MEDICATION BAG. PCE MACHINE SHOWED 80.2ML HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED TO THE PATIENT. PRIMED UNIT AT 1000ML AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM CM3- CM CLOSED, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, RETURNED TO SERVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
300021 PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL PUMP, INFUSION, PCA MEA QC10-2013

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR