| Model Number |
STAY SAFE/LUER LOCK ADAPTER 4 IN. |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Leak/Splash (1354)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Peritonitis (2252)
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| Date of Event |
02/26/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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There is a possible temporal relationship between the pt¿s staphylococcus epidermis peritonitis and a likely breach in the dialysate pathway when the pt.Experienced a fluid leak between the baxter icodextran bag and the fresenius stay safe luer lock adaptor.Manufacturer product investigation is still pending at the time of this clinical investigation.Therefore, it is unknown if the stay safe luer lock adaptor did or did not perform according to specifications and a possible causal or contributory relationship cannot be ruled out.Should additional information become available, this clinical investigation will be updated accordingly.A supplemental mdr will be submitted upon device evaluation.
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Event or Problem Description
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A peritoneal dialysis nurse reported the patient experienced a male connection site leak on their apd luer-lock adaptor.The nurse reported that the patient had draining issues and cloudy effluent.The nurse reported the patient was treated for peritonitis.The patient was not hospitalized.The patient is recovering and continuing with peritoneal dialysis therapy.The liberty cycler set was discarded.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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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 safe lock apd luer lock connectors 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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