FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TEVADAPTOR® SECONDARY IV ADMINISTRATION SET WITH ULTRASITE® INJ. SITE

MDR report key: 7510793 · Received May 14, 2018

Report

Report Number
7510793
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 14, 2018
Date of Event
April 9, 2018
Report Date
April 27, 2018
Manufacturer
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Product Code
FPA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS TUBING WAS PRIMED WITH SALINE BY PHARMACY TECH AND SPIKED INTO BLEOMYCIN CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ADMINISTRATION. THIS RN HUNG DRUG, ATTACHED TO PRIMARY TUBING, UNCLAMPED AND INITIATED INFUSION. THE LIQUID IMMEDIATELY STARTED LEAKING/DRIPPING OUT A FAULTY PART OF THIS TUBING. THE SITE OF LEAKING WAS WHERE THE WHITE Y-SITE CONNECTOR MET THE PURPLE/CLEAR PLASTIC PIECE THAT CONNECTS THE Y-SITE TO THE TUBING. LUCKILY IT WAS LIKELY SALINE DRIPPING OUT AS THE LINE IS PRIMED WITH SALINE FOR SAFETY, BUT HAD THIS NOT BEEN NOTICED IMMEDIATELY BY THIS RN IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CHEMO SPILL, NURSE AND PATIENT EXPOSURE, WASTED COSTLY DRUG AND INCORRECT PATIENT DOSE. INFUSION WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND RETURNED TO PHARMACY TO CHANGE OUT TUBING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
353277 TEVADAPTOR® SECONDARY IV ADMINISTRATION SET WITH ULTRASITE® INJ. SITE SET, ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVASCULAR FPA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED P-7972-3 UA0018A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NOT APPLICABLE.