| Model Number |
050-95005 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
12/17/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The plant investigation is in process.A supplemental mdr will be submitted upon completion of this activity. .
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that a peritoneal dialysis (pd) patient discovered a fluid leak from the stay safe patient line connector during fill 1 of their pd treatment.The patient contact reported receiving a patient line is blocked soft alarm during fill 1 of 4 of treatment.It is unknown at which point in therapy the leak may have begun.The patient contact reported that the fluid leak was caused by a loose connection.The catheter is not connecting tightly to the patient line connector.The patient contact also reported that this occurred twice tonight with two cassettes from the same lot number.Fluid did not come in contact with the cycler.The patient contact was advised to cancel the patient¿s treatment and follow up with their peritoneal dialysis nurse (pdrn).Upon follow up, the pdrn stated the patient is trained on performing stat drains, as well as manual peritoneal dialysis therapy if needed.The pdrn stated that the patient cancelled their treatment.The pdrn stated that the fluid leak occurred from the patient line of the extension set.The patient did not develop any symptoms, adverse events, injuries, or require medical intervention as a result of the reported event.The patient is continuing peritoneal dialysis therapy with no further issues.The pdrn stated that prophylactic antibiotics were prescribed as a precautionary measure (antibiotic specifics are unknown).Additional information was requested, however; was not provided.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Plant investigation: the sample was not returned to the manufacturer and the lot number was not provided.A manufacturing review was performed on the products shipped to the patient for the three (3) month time frame which immediately preceded the event occurrence date.This review included the lot numbers for all fresenius stay safe/luer lock catheter ext.18 in.Shipped to this account within the selected time frame.The entire set of lots have been sold and distributed.There were no non-conformances or abnormalities identified during the manufacturing process which could be associated with the reported event.An investigation of the device history records (dhr) was conducted and confirmed that the results of the in-progress and final quality control (qc) testing met all requirements.The product lots involved met all specifications for release.A review of the dhr did not reveal a probable cause for the customer complaint.As a physical evaluation could not be performed, a definitive conclusion regarding the reported incident could not be reached and a cause could not be confirmed.
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