| Catalog Number |
CL10041001 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Inaccurate Information (4051)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding (1888)
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| Date of Event |
01/11/2024
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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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A user facility registered nurse (rn) reported to fresenius that the crit-line clip (clic) device provided inaccurate (low) hematocrit (hct) and hemoglobin (hgb) readings during a patient's hemodialysis (hd) treatment.The clic device was started correctly by staff and the initial readings were reported to be 15.9 hct and 5.4 hgb.Approximately two hours into treatment the readings were retaken and provided as 17.3 hct and 5.9 hgb.The patient's blood was manually drawn and tested and revealed that the patient's hgb was 9.0.The patient did not experience a serious injury nor require medical intervention.The patient's estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 5 ml.It was indicated upon initial reporting that the patient was able to complete treatment on the day of the event.Additional information was requested however a response was not received.No parts were returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Plant investigation: no parts were returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.A records review was performed on the reported serial number.An investigation of the device manufacturing records was conducted by the manufacturer.There were no non-conformances, or any associated rework identified during the manufacturing process which could be related to the reported event.In addition, the device history record (dhr) review confirmed the results of the in-progress and final quality control (qc) testing met all requirements.The complaint investigation did not find objective evidence indicating a product problem, thus the complaint is unconfirmed.
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Event or Problem Description
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A user facility registered nurse (rn) reported to fresenius that the crit-line clip (clic) device provided inaccurate (low) hematocrit (hct) and hemoglobin (hgb) readings during a patient's hemodialysis (hd) treatment.The clic device was started correctly by staff and the initial readings were reported to be 15.9 hct and 5.4 hgb.Approximately two hours into treatment the readings were retaken and provided as 17.3 hct and 5.9 hgb.The patient's blood was manually drawn and tested and revealed that the patient's hgb was 9.0.The patient did not experience a serious injury nor require medical intervention.The patient's estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 5 ml.It was indicated upon initial reporting that the patient was able to complete treatment on the day of the event.Additional information was requested however a response was not received.No parts were returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.
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