Description of Event or Problem · 1
AN ANIMAS R1000 INSULIN PUMP PURCHASED JUNE 2003: 1. JUNE 26, 2005: STARTED GIVING OCCLUSION READINGS WHEN PT TRIED GETTING BOLUSES. FOR EXAMPLE, PUMP WOULD GIVE 10 UNITS WHEN 20 UNITS WERE PUNCHED IN, OR GIVE 5 UNITS WHEN 10 UNITS WERE PUNCHED IN. PT STARTED GETTING HIGH BG READINGS, AND PT HAD TO SWITCH TO SYRINGES. PT COULD NOT TELL IF BASAL WAS AFFECTED. ANIMAS SENT A REPLACEMENT PUMP. 2. JULY 7,2005: TWO WEEKS LATER. REPLACEMENT PUMP HAD BUTTONS THAT STUCK, MAKING IT USABLE. ANIMAS SENT OUT A THIRD PUMP. 3. SEPTEMBER 20, 2005: THIRD PUMP STARTED GIVING CONDITIONS READINGS FOR ATTEMPTED BOLUSES, SIMILAR TO JUNE 26,2005 PROBLEMS. PT WOKE UP WITH 390 BG SEPTEMBER 24, 2005 - VERY HIGH FOR PT-AND WAS CONCERNED THAT BASAL ALSO HAD PROBLEMS BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM. 4. SEPTMEBER 27, 2005; FOURTH PUMP WILL BE RECEIVED AS OF THIS DATE. DR'S OFFICE SAYS THAT THIS DEGREE OF FAILURE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.