An alarm indicative of a potential malfunction of the disposable cassette was reported.The device was not returned and the lot number is unknown; therefore, a device analysis could not be completed.However, a disconnection was reported between the patient line of the homechoice cassette and the transfer set which is known to cause this alarm.The cause of the disconnection could not be determined.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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It was reported that a homechoice device experienced a system error 2240 (air in line/set) alarm.This occurred during drain one of five of peritoneal dialysis therapy.During troubleshooting, it was reported that there was a disconnection between the patient line of the homechoice cassette and the transfer set that led to this alarm.The home patient (hp) stated that upon waking up, the patient line was disconnected from transfer set and did not reconnect after.Renal therapy services referred hp to call the peritoneal dialysis registered nurse as soon as possible regarding the exposure to patient line.There was no patient injury or medical intervention associated with this event.No additional information is available.
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