A user facility inventory manager reported that a dialyzer leak occurred during a patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.Upon follow up it was confirmed that the machine alarmed with a positive blood detected message.The blood leak was noted as being an internal blood leak.The leak was visually observed as minimal blood loss.Blood leak test strips were used and tested positive for the presence of blood.The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was unknown there was no patient injury, adverse events, or medical intervention required as a result of this event.The patient had an hour left of treatment and was restarted on a new machine and treatment completed successfully with new supplies.The complaint device was reported to be discarded and not available to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
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Plant investigation: the reported complaint was not confirmed as the complaint device was not returned for manufacturer evaluation.A production records review was performed on the reported lot.An investigation of the device history records (dhr) was conducted by the manufacturer.There was no indication of product nonacceptance, deviation, non-conformance, rework, labeling or process control failure during the manufacturing process which could be associated with the reported event.The lot met all release criteria.A definitive conclusion regarding the complaint incident cannot be reached without physical examination of the actual device.Therefore, the complaint is not confirmed.
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