Hemodialysis clinic contact reported that when they were trying to administer iron through the venous port, the blood was coming out of the venous injection port.There was no reported patient complication.Patient did experience some blood loss, ~10cc.The dialysis treatment was discontinued.Follow up with the clinic indicates that the nurse felt that the dialysis machine was creating too much pressure which caused the leak.The dialysis machine was pulled from the floor and service was requested.Additional information was solicited.
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Correction: (b)(4).Plant investigation: no parts were returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.The 2008t hemodialysis (hd) machine was evaluated at the facility by the fresenius regional equipment specialist (res).The res inspected the rollers, tubing guides, and tubing retainer/release, which were intact and functioning properly.The res verified pumping flow and verified that the tubing set could be removed and replaced multiple times without any issues.All functional checks passed.The unit is reportedly approved to be returned to service at the user facility.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 associated with 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.The res verified that the machine was operating properly.Therefore, the complaint is not confirmed.
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