It was reported that at the end of treatment with a single needle blood line, hd cartridge and a non baxter machine, a patient was identified to have sustained a severe hemolysis event and the blood lines upstream and downstream the expansion chamber in the arterial blood line were also observed to be kinked.The patient was admitted to intensive care unit and was reported to be in a critical condition.No additional information is available.
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Additional information: h3, h6 and h10.H10: the actual device was not available; however, six photos of the sample were received and visually inspected.The transport tubes of the arterial dialyzer line were observed to be kinked.The reported condition was verified.Eight retained samples were received and visually inspected.Sample #2, #3, #5, #6, #7 and #8 did not confirm the reported condition.The venous dialyzer line of sample #1 and #4 were observed to be kinked.The reported condition was verified for samples #1 and #4.The cause was related to packaging.A nonconformance has been opened to address this issue.A batch review was conducted and there were no deviations found related to this reported condition during the manufacture of this lot.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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