It was reported to fresenius that the membranes of an optiflux 160nre dialyzer were occluded during a patient's hemodialysis (hd) treatment, which prevented fluid from passing through.To address the problem, the staff immediately replaced the device with a new one.On the intake form it was reported that the event resulted in blood loss.The intake also indicated the sample was not available to be returned for evaluation.Multiple attempts have been made to obtain additional information, and thus far no further details have been provided.
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It was reported to fresenius that the membranes of an optiflux 160nre dialyzer were occluded during a patient's hemodialysis (hd) treatment, which prevented fluid from passing through.To address the problem, the staff immediately replaced the device with a new one.On the intake form it was reported that the event resulted in blood loss.The intake also indicated the sample was not available to be returned for evaluation.Multiple attempts have been made to obtain additional information, and thus far no further details have been provided.
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Plant investigation: the complaint device was not returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.However, two photos were provided for review.The first photo shows the dialyzer connected to a machine, where blood can be seen in the header and the fiber bundle appears to be streaked.The second photo shows the same dialyzer from another angle.The streaking observed in the photos is indicative of occluded fibers.A production records review was performed on the reported lot.An investigation of the device history records (dhr) was then conducted by the manufacturer.There were multiple approved temporary deviation notices (dns) in the production of this lot which were unrelated to the complaint event.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.The complaint was confirmed with the provided photos.The probable causes for a streaked fiber bundle / perception of inadequate fill are the injection of an excess of pre-potting polyurethane (pu), insufficient pre-potting pu, uneven distribution of pu, or a decreased gel time of the pu.All of these can cause the pu to wick into the fiber past the final cut and plug some of the fibers on the peripheral of the cutting surface.
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