FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALARIS® PUMP MODULE

MDR report key: 8215774 · Received January 3, 2019

Report

Report Number
2016493-2019-00052
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 3, 2019
Date of Event
November 30, 2018
Report Date
December 4, 2018
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION
Product Code
FRN
PMA / PMN Number
K950419
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A DEVICE SHUT OFF AFTER IT HAD BEEN INFUSING IN THE NICU. AT 1940, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE DEVICE, WHICH HAD BEEN INFUSING NEONATAL VENOUS NUTRITION (NVN), WAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. FROM REVIEWING RECORDS, THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE FLUIDS HAD STOPPED INFUSING AT 1810. THE NURSE THEN WENT TO FLUSH THE LINE, AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO WHICH RESULTED IN THE LICENSED INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER TAKING DOWN THE INFUSION LINE AND FLUSHING THE PATIENT'S PICC LINE. TUBING WAS CHANGED AND THE INFUSION WAS RESTARTED. THE DEVICE ALARMED OCCLUSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BUT THE INFUSION WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. NO FURTHER OCCLUSIONS OR ISSUES WERE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE "SETUP" WAS CHANGED OUT. THE CUSTOMER REPORTS THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THERE'S NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PICC LINE ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH FAILURE INVESTIGATION RESULTS SHOULD THE DEVICE BE RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION. PATIENT WAS AN INFANT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A DEVICE SHUT OFF AFTER IT HAD BEEN INFUSING IN THE NICU. AT 1940, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE DEVICE, WHICH HAD BEEN INFUSING NEONATAL VENOUS NUTRITION (NVN), WAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. FROM REVIEWING RECORDS, THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE FLUIDS HAD STOPPED INFUSING AT 1810. THE NURSE THEN WENT TO FLUSH THE LINE, AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO WHICH RESULTED IN THE LICENSED INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER TAKING DOWN THE INFUSION LINE AND FLUSHING THE PATIENT'S PICC LINE. TUBING WAS CHANGED AND THE INFUSION WAS RESTARTED. THE DEVICE ALARMED OCCLUSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BUT THE INFUSION WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. NO FURTHER OCCLUSIONS OR ISSUES WERE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE "SETUP" WAS CHANGED OUT. THE CUSTOMER REPORTS THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THERE'S NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
4294 ALARIS® PUMP MODULE INFUSION PUMP FRN CAREFUSION 8100

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 6 DA PRI TUBING,8015, TD (B)(6) 2018