The therakos cellex photopheresis system procedural kit was loaded into the cellex photopheresis system.The kit was primed and passed the internal prime check.When the device's centrifuge began to spin faster to initiate treatment, the bowl of the kit detached from the centrifuge and broke into multiple pieces.The patients¿ blood that was within the kit was lost (estimated to be approximately 200 cc).A post cbc showed a normal hemoglobin of 11.7 and no intervention was needed.A follow up call the following day was made and the patient stated "i'm fine".Fda safety report id # (b)(4).
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