A user facility reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred during a patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.It was not reported if the blood leak was visually observed on the interior or the exterior of the dialyzer.It was confirmed that the unspecified hd machine alarmed appropriately with a blood leak alert.Damage was identified on the dialyzer in the form of a crack in the dialyzer head rim.After the machine alarmed, the treatment was halted.Some of the patient¿s blood was returned; but not all.The estimated blood loss (ebl) was more than 100 ml.It was reported the patient¿s condition was stable.There were no adverse events or serious injuries reported.Multiple attempts have been made to acquire additional information, however, a response was not received.
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Patient code replaced (transcription error).Plant investigation: the reported complaint was not confirmed as the complaint device was not returned for manufacturer evaluation.As no lot number was provided for this complaint, an search was performed to obtain all lot numbers with the reported catalog number delivered to the patient¿s dialysis unit in the three months prior to the complaint occurrence date.Thirteen lots were found to have been delivered in this time period.A production records review was performed on the reported lots.An investigation of the device history records (dhr) was conducted by the manufacturer.There was one approved temporary deviation notice (dn) reported on one of the lots 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 lots 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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