| Catalog Number |
191124 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding (1888)
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| Date of Event |
12/02/2024
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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's biomedical technician (bmt) reported that a 2008t hemodialysis (hd) machine's blood pump rotor roller guide pin cut a bloodline 1 hour into a patient's hd treatment.The machine, a fresenius 2008t machine, alarmed appropriately with an "air in line" alarm.A fresenius dialyzer was also in use.The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 500 ml.There was no patient injury 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 bloodline was discarded.Follow up with the bmt revealed that that the machine has not been returned to service pending a replacement blood pump rotor.No sample is available.
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Event or Problem Description
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A user facility's biomedical technician (bmt) reported that a 2008t hemodialysis (hd) machine's blood pump rotor roller guide pin cut a bloodline 1 hour into a patient's hd treatment.The machine, a fresenius 2008t machine, alarmed appropriately with an ¿air in line¿ alarm.A fresenius dialyzer was also in use.The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 500ml.There was no patient injury 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 bloodline was discarded.Follow up with the bmt revealed that that the machine has not been returned to service pending a replacement blood pump rotor.No sample is available.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Plant investigation: no parts were returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.Additionally, no on-site evaluation was performed by a fresenius field service technician (fst).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 investigation into the cause of the reported problem was not able to be confirmed.A definitive conclusion regarding the complaint incident cannot be reached without a physical examination of the complaint device.
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