A user facility administrator (fa) reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred at the initiation of the patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.
The blood leak was noted as being an internal blood leak.
The machine, a fresenius 2008k2 machine, alarmed appropriately with a blood leak alarm.
Blood leak test strips were used and tested positive.
Blood was visually observed.
The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 250 ml.
There was no patient injury, adverse events, or medical intervention required as a result of this event.
The patient was restarted on a new machine and treatment completed successfully with new supplies.
The complaint device was reported to be discarded and not available for return to the manufacturer for evaluation.
Sample photos are not available.
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