FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PALL TRANSFER/FREEZING BAG SET

MDR report key: 827183 · Received November 1, 2006

Report

Report Number
2013342-2006-00005
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 1, 2006
Date of Event
September 28, 2006
Report Date
October 5, 2006
Manufacturer
PALL MEDSEP
Product Code
KSR
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATION STARTED, BUT NOT YET COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO THE FIRM ON OCTOBER 5, 2006, BY THE COMPANY, THAT IN TURN HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRANSPLANT CENTER IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, (TO WHICH THE COMPANY HAD SHIPPED THE CORD BLOOD UNIT) THAT A SEAM ON A CORD BLOOD FREEZING BAG DEVELOPED MICRO-LEAKS, WHICH WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE FOREIGN CENTER'S RECEIVING INSPECTION, IN THE WELDING OF THE FREEZING BAG. THE FOREIGN CENTER DETECTED THIS LEAK DURING ITS THAWING OF THE CORD BLOOD GRAFT. THE CORD BLOOD UNIT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PROCESSED AND FROZEN IN 2002, USING THE FIRM'S DEVICE BEARING PROCESSING SET LOT#0200802, EXP. 08/2005. THE FREEZING BAG HAD AN ADD'L PRINTED LOT#0010. FOLLOWING THE BREACH IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE FREEZING BAG. THE CELLS WERE SALVAGED AND TRANSPLANTED INTO THE PT. THE RECIPIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE WELL AS 2006.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PALL TRANSFER/FREEZING BAG SET KSR:EMPTY CONTAINERS FOR THE COLLECTION, MANUAL PROCESSING, KSR PALL MEDSEP 791-02 0200802

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *