A physician reported that a patient undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt) which included prismasate bk0/3.5.The prismasate was used off label as the replacement solution.The crrt machine, blood lines and filter used in this event are not manufactured or distributed by baxter.Reportedly, the patient had a blood loss when the filter clotted and they were unable to return the blood in the extracorporeal circuit back to the patient.The patient was transfused with a unit of blood.The date of the event is unknown therefore; the date is an estimated date.
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