| Model Number |
0500164A |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
12/20/2019
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The plant investigation is in process.A supplemental mdr will be submitted upon completion of this activity. .
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Event or Problem Description
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A hemodialysis (hd) nurse reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred two minutes 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 4008s machine, alarmed appropriately with a blood leak alarm.Blood leak test strips were not used.There were broken membranes noted inside the dialyzer.The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was unknown, as the customer visualized the rupture of membranes, however there was no loss of external blood, nor was blood observed internally.There was no patient injury, adverse events, or medical intervention required as a result of this event.The patient was restarted on the same machine and treatment completed successfully with new supplies.The complaint device was reported to be available to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Plant investigation: the reported complaint was not confirmed as the complaint device was not returned for manufacturer evaluation.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 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.
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