MAUDE Adverse Event Report: OGDEN MANUFACTURING PLANT OPTIFLUX F16NRE DIALYZER FINISHED ASSY; DIALYZER, CAPILLARY, HOLLOW FIBER

Catalog Number	0500306E
Medical Device Problem Code	Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
Date of Event	08/15/2019
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
The plant investigation is in process.A supplemental mdr will be submitted upon completion of this activity. .
Event or Problem Description
A user facility clinical manager reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred immediately after the initiation of the patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.The blood leak was noted as being an internal blood leak.The leak was not visually observed.The machine, a fresenius 2008t machine, alarmed appropriately with a blood leak alarm.Blood leak test strips were used and tested positive for the presence of blood.The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 250 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 complaint device was reported to be available to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Plant investigation: the reported complaint was not confirmed as the complaint device was not returned for manufacturer evaluation.A video was provided which showed a close up view of one end of the dialyzer and there appears to be blood entering the dialysate from a fiber fragment.A photograph was also provided.A photo showed a close up view of the fiber fragment and blood within the dialysate.Although the photograph and video were provided, a definitive conclusion regarding the complaint incident cannot be reached without a physical examination of the complaint sample.A production records review was performed on the reported lot.An investigation of the device history records (dhr) was conducted by the manufacturer.There was one approved temporary deviation notice (dn) reported on the lot which was unrelated to the complaint event.There was no indication of product nonacceptance, deviation, non-conformance, rework, labeling or process control failure during the manufacturing process which could be associated with the reported event.The lot met all release criteria.A definitive conclusion regarding the complaint incident cannot be reached without physical examination of the actual device.Therefore, the complaint is not confirmed.

• Brand Name: OPTIFLUX F16NRE DIALYZER FINISHED ASSY
• Common Device Name: DIALYZER, CAPILLARY, HOLLOW FIBER
• Manufacturer (Section D): OGDEN MANUFACTURING PLANT; 475 west 13th street; ogden UT 84404
• MDR Report Key: 8962548
• Report Number: 1713747-2019-00290
• Device Sequence Number: 16771879
• Product Code: FJI
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00840861100071
• UDI-Public: 00840861100071
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: MX
• PMA/510(K) Number: K043244
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Nurse
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 10/03/2019

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 11/30/2021
• Device Catalogue Number: 0500306E
• Device Lot Number: 18PU01002
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Device Age: MO
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 08/15/2019
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 09/30/2019
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 09/04/2019
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 10/03/2019
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Concomitant Medical Products and Therapy/Usage Dates: FRESENIUS 2008K MACHINE
• Patient Age: 47 YR
• Patient Weight: 66