A patient receiving continuous infusion 5-fu via a cadd pump over 46 hours experienced their cadd pump alarming the following day after their pump was started.Cadd pump alarm was described as "disposable pump won't run".The problem could not be resolved over the phone by staff or by the manufacturer (infusystems).The patient was instructed to come to infusion.A different pump was tried, but the same alarm code sounded; thus, suggesting an issue with the cassette.A new cassette was made with remaining 55.8 ml of 5-fu.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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