FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARROW MULTI-LUMEN PI CVC KIT: 3-L 7 FR X 6"

MDR report key: 9379250 · Received November 26, 2019

Report

Report Number
9680794-2019-00461
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 26, 2019
Date of Event
October 6, 2019
Report Date
November 5, 2019
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC.
Product Code
FOZ
PMA / PMN Number
K071538
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

QN# (B)(4). THE MEDWATCH INDICATES A SERIOUS INJURY AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE USER FACILITY WERE MADE, HOWEVER NO RESPONSE FROM THE USER FACILITY RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. COMPLAINT VERIFICATION TESTING COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO SAMPLE WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS PERFORMED, AND NO RELEVANT FINDINGS WERE IDENTIFIED. WITHOUT THE DEVICE TO EVALUATE, THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION. TELEFLEX WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TREND FOR REPORTS OF THIS NATURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MEDWATCH RECEIVED IN MORRISVILLE ON 11/05/2019. MW5090425. EVENT DESCRIPTION: A RIGHT INTERNAL JUGULAR CENTRAL LINE WAS PLACED FOR EMERGENT VASCULAR ACCESS; HOWEVER, WHILE THE NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP) WAS REMOVING THE GUIDEWIRE FROM THE PATIENT AND SHE NOTED THAT THE WIRE WAS UNUSUALLY MALFORMED AND HAD AN APPEARANCE OF A "SHREDDED VIOLIN WIRE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1173490 ARROW MULTI-LUMEN PI CVC KIT: 3-L 7 FR X 6" CATHETER INTRAVASCULAR THERAP FOZ ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC. 13F19F0362

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention