FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AMBIT PUMP CASSETTE

MDR report key: 845084 · Received February 28, 2007

Report

Report Number
1722214-2007-00006
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 28, 2007
Report Date
April 17, 2006
Manufacturer
SORENSON MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FRN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IN 2007, A RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT OF COMPLAINT FILES WAS CONDUCTED FOR COMPLAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH LEAKING CASSETTES, WHERE THE DEVICE WAS BEING USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS. SINCE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE EXPOSURE OF SOME CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG AGENTS TO UNPROTECTED SKIN, IT WAS THE OPINION OF OUR CLINICAL REVIEW BOARD TO IDENTIFY A CASSETTE LEAKAGE WHERE CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS WERE INVOLVED AS AN MDR-REPORTABLE INCIDENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A DISTRIBUTOR REPORTED AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM WITH A CASSETTE, THE THERAPY WAS CHEMOTHERAPY. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY ADVERSE PATIENT EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AMBIT PUMP CASSETTE AMBULATORY INFUSION PUMP CASSETTE FRN SORENSON MEDICAL, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *