FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL
MDR report key: 7457787
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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 |