Catalog Number 000000000000010220 |
Device Problem
Device Operates Differently Than Expected (2913)
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Patient Problem
Venipuncture (2129)
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Event Date 01/11/2014 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Event Description
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The customer reported that approximately 50 minutes into a therapeutic plasma exchange(tpe) procedure, the rn noticed the plasma in the connector and plasma line was pink colored.A physician was called and the physician gave orders for a cbc and to discontinue the procedure.Per the customer, the patient is in stable condition and no medical intervention was necessary.Patient's identifier is not available at this time; the customer declined to provide patient's weight.The disposable set is not available for return because it was discarded by the customer.This report is being filed due to insufficient information at this time to determine if a malfunction with the potential for injury occurred.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation: the rn performed custom prime for the procedure.409ml of plasma were removed and 383 ml of fresh frozen plasma was replaced during the procedure.The rn called the lab to find out the plasma color of the cbc sample.The lab sample was normal yellow plasma.On the following day, a new disposable set was loaded and the procedure was completed without any additional incidents.Investigation evaluation and corrective actions are in-process.A follow-up report will be provided.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation: a review of the device history record (dhr) for this unit showed no irregularities during manufacturing that were relevant to this issue.A review of the lot for similar reports was carried out, none have been reported.The run data file (rdf) was analyzed for this event.Root cause: based on the rdf analysis, after a ¿cells were detected in plasma line from centrifuge¿ alarm, operators are supposed to increase the patient¿s hct by (b)(6) points, up to (b)(6) points above the originally entered value.The operator originally decreased the patient¿s hct in this case.The opposite of what they should have done and then increased it, but not by the correct amount.
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Event Description
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The customer declined to provide the patient identifier.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This record was identified during a retrospective review of mdr's to identify records in which an event occurred, but the type of reportable event was not indicated appropriately in the mdr form.This supplement is being filed to modify information to align with the reported event.
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