A user facility clinic manager reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred immediately into patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.
The blood leak was noted as being an internal blood leak.
The leak was visually observed at as bright red tinge on the dialysate at the bottom of the dialyzer.
The machine, a fresenius 2008t machine, did not alarm appropriately with a blood leak alarm.
The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 100 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 in-house biomedical technician (biomed) stated that the machine was evaluated and passed functional checks.
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The device was not returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.
Additionally, no on-site evaluation of the unit was performed by a fresenius regional equipment specialist (res) and no parts were returned for failure analysis.
The biomedical engineer indicated that the unit was pulled from service for evaluation following the event.
Functional testing performed by the biomed confirmed that the system was operating properly.
The 2008t hemodialysis (hd) machine was returned to service at the user facility without issue.
The 2008t hemodialysis (hd) machine was returned to service at the user facility without issue.
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 deviations or non-conformances during the manufacturing process.
In addition, a device history record (dhr) review was performed and verified that the results of the in-progress and final quality control (qc) testing met all requirements.
A definitive conclusion regarding the complaint incident cannot be reached without a physical examination of the complaint device.
Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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