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Infusomat® 8713052URecalls & reported problems

B. Braun Medical Inc. · Infusomat® Space® Large Volume Pump, Non-Wireless · Class 2

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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

1 open recall names this device. See the recall details and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.

Quick summary

This B. Braun Infusomat Space large volume pump has 94 reports, including 3 deaths and no injuries. Common reports describe the pump delivering too much fluid, false blockage alarms, and the pump stopping. The 1 open recall, from September 2023, concerns the pump sounding a blockage alarm when none exists and then stopping. Reports fell from 36 in the prior 12 months to 5 in the latest 12 months.

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Adverse event reports
94
Deaths reported
3
Injuries reported
0
Recalls naming it
1

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 94 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04046964708626), received between Jun 30, 2017 and May 6, 2026 — classified as 3 deaths, 91 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Excess Flow or Over-Infusion” (40 reports).

1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 1 reportsDec 2023: 1 reportsJan 2024: 3 reportsFeb 2024: 3 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 2 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 2 reportsJul 2024: 1 reportsAug 2024: 1 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 11 reportsMar 2025: 16 reportsApr 2025: 3 reportsMay 2025: 1 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 1 reportsAug 2025: 3 reportsSep 2025: 1 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 1 reportsApr 2026: 2 reportsMay 2026: 2 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports20242025202616
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Recalls naming this device

  1. Sep 21, 2023Open, Classified

    Upstream occlusion alarm may sound when no occlusion exists, and the device will stop pumping. Interruption to the infusion of high-risk medications may lead to hemodynamic instability requiring medical intervention to prevent permanent impairment to body structures or body functions. In some cases, this may be life-threatening or may lead to death.

    Z-0124-2024 · Root cause: Component design/selection · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Excess Flow or Over-Infusion40
  • False Alarm21
  • Device Alarm System14
  • Device Sensing Problem12
  • Insufficient Flow or Under Infusion9
  • Pumping Stopped4
  • Increased Sensitivity2
  • Infusion or Flow Problem2

Patient problems

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions59
  • No Consequences Or Impact To Patient12
  • No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient8
  • Low Blood Pressure/ Hypotension5
  • High Blood Pressure/ Hypertension3
  • Insufficient Information3
  • Hyperglycemia2
  • Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction2

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 94 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • MalfunctionMay 6, 2026Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: CUSTOMER BELIEVES THAT ON MULTIPLE PUMPS THE PUMP WENT UP TO 50 UPON REACHING KVO. A TOTAL OF THREE INFUSOMAT SPACE PUMPS WERE REPORTED AS INVOLVED: SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(6). THIS MFR REPORT PERTAINS TO SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6). SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(6) WERE SUBMITTED UNDER MFR REPORT #'S 9610825-2026-00207 AND 9610825-2026-00208, RESPECTIVELY.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 25094089 ↗
  • MalfunctionMay 6, 2026Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: CUSTOMER BELIEVES THAT ON MULTIPLE PUMPS THE PUMP WENT UP TO 50 UPON REACHING KVO. A TOTAL OF THREE INFUSOMAT SPACE PUMPS WERE REPORTED AS INVOLVED: SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(6). THIS MFR REPORT PERTAINS TO SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6). SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(6) WERE SUBMITTED UNDER MFR REPORT #'S 9610825-2026-00206 AND 9610825-2026-00208, RESPECTIVELY.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 25094088 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 22, 2026Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: CUSTOMER IS CLAIMING THAT OUR PUMP RAN A DRUG (MAGNESIUM SULFATE) TOO FAST. PUMP SHOWED AN HOUR LEFT, BUT THE BAG WAS EMPTY.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 24955857 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 21, 2026Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: CUSTOMER IS CLAIMING THAT OUR PUMP RAN A DRUG (MAGNESIUM SULFATE) TOO FAST. PUMP SHOWED AN HOUR LEFT, BUT THE BAG WAS EMPTY.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 24940179 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 19, 2026Insufficient Flow or Under Infusion; Human-Device Interface Problem

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: PUMPS HAVE DEVELOPED IDENTICAL ISSUES WITH THE CONTROL BUTTONS BECOMING UNRESPONSIVE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 24638338 ↗
  • MalfunctionSep 12, 2025Device Alarm System; False Alarm; Device Alarm System; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: IV PUMP ALARMING FOR "DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION" WHILE RUNNING VASOPRESSIN. INFUSION DOES NOT RUN WHILE ALARM ACTIVE. NO DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION FOUND, OTHER LINES RUNNING WELL THROUGH SAME LUMEN. RESTARTED X FEW MIN BEFORE ALARMING AGAIN. AFTER THE 5TH TIME, INFUSION PAUSED, MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PUMP, AND THIS PUMP WAS REMOVED FROM PATIENT ROOM, RED TAGGED AND LEFT FOR MAINTENANCE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 23039717 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 27, 2025Excess Flow or Over-Infusion; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: PT WENT FROM ED TO OR AND WAS INTUBATED AND STARTED ON FENTANYL . THERE WAS A SERIES OF DOSING CHANGES AND STARTS AND STOPS AND THE 100 ML BAG WAS EMPTY BEFORE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BASED ON THE PROGRAMMING.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 22903096 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 25, 2025Pumping Stopped; Pumping Stopped

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE PUMP WAS NOT SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED OF THE PRECEDEX INFUSION WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMMED AS A PRIMARY. IT APPEARS THE NURSE AUTO-PROGRAMMED THE LR BOLUS AND IT WAS ASSIGNED AS A SECONDARY ON THE PUMP SINCE THE PRECEDEX REMAINED AS THE PRIMARY INFUSION. THIS ALSO EXPLAINS THE ERROR IN THE EPIC REPORT - LIKELY DUE TO A PRIMARY/SECONDARY CHANNEL MISMATCH SINCE EPIC WAS UNABLE TO REGISTER A SUCCESSFUL PUMP START VIA THE PRIMARY CHANNEL. ACCORDING TO THE DOSETRAC DATA, THE LR WAS PROGRAMMED AS A SECONDARY AND INFUSED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE REVERTING TO THE PRIMARY PRECEDEX INFUSION (WHICH IS EXPECTED IF THE "BACK TO PRIM" SETTING IN THE DEVICE IS SET TO "AUTOMATIC").

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 22888191 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 25, 2025Pumping Stopped; Pumping Stopped

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, A NURSE CLEARED A PREVIOUS INFUSION AND PREPARED A NEW INFUSION OF LACTATED RINGER'S SOLUTION (LR) FOR A PATIENT. THE PUMP WAS ON THE HOME SCREEN WHEN THE PATIENT WAS SCANNED, AND THE MEDICATION AND PUMP INFORMATION WERE VERIFIED AND ACCEPTED. THE INFUSION BEGAN WITHOUT REPORTED ISSUE. THE NURSE LATER RETURNED TO THE ROOM AND FOUND THAT THE PUMP WAS PROGRAMMED FOR PRECEDEX INFUSION RATHER THAN THE INTENDED LR BOLUS. THE PUMP WAS STOPPED, DISCONNECTED FROM THE PATIENT, AND SENT TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. THE PATIENT RECEIVED THE REMAINDER OF THE LR BOLUS ON A DIFFERENT PUMP. REVIEW OF DOSETRAC DATA INDICATED THAT THE PRECEDEX INFUSION WAS NOT SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED FROM THE PUMP AND REMAINED AS THE PRIMARY INFUSION. THE LR BOLUS WAS AUTO-PROGRAMMED AS A SECONDARY INFUSION, WHICH LATER REVERTED TO THE PRIMARY PRECEDEX INFUSION AFTER APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) MINUTES (WHICH IS EXPECTED IF THE "BACK TO PRIM" SETTING IN THE DEVICE IS SET TO "AUTOMATIC"). THIS RESULTED IN THE UNINTENDED DELIVERY OF PRECEDEX INSTEAD OF THE INTENDED LR BOLUS. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 22884342 ↗
  • MalfunctionJul 24, 2025Device Alarm System; Device Alarm System

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: FOUR (4) PUMPS ALARMING FOR OCCLUSION DURING TREATMENT BUT WHEN THE CUSTOMER CHECKED THERE WAS NO OCCLUSION/KINK/DAMAGE IN THE TUBING. CUSTOMER SWITCHED TO DRIP TUBING TO CONTINUE TREATMENT AND THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM OR INJURY. THIS REPORT IS FOR PUMP NUMBER FOUR (4) WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6). THE MDR NUMBER FOR THE ADDITIONAL PUMPS ARE: MDR 9610825-2025-00421- WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6). MDR 9610825-2025-00422- WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6). MDR 9610825-2025-00423- WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6).

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 22586200 ↗
  • MalfunctionMay 31, 2025Device Alarm System; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion; Device Alarm System; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE MAGNESIUM IVPB. AFTER THE PRIMARY RN INITIATED THE INFUSION AND WHILE STILL PRESENT IN THE ROOM, SHE OBSERVED THAT THE PUMP HAD BOLUSED THE PATIENT. THE IV BAG WAS NEARLY EMPTY, AND THE CLAMP WAS IN PLACE. THE PATIENT REMAINED STABLE. THE PUMP AND IV TUBING HAVE BEEN SEQUESTERED. PLEASE ADVISE ON THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING THE PUMP AND IV TUBING." ACCORDING TO INTEGRATION INTERFACE MESSAGES, THE NURSE ENCOUNTERED A 10005 TIMEOUT ERROR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO AUTO-PROGRAM MAGNESIUM AS A SECONDARY ON PUMP 807962, SO MANUAL PROGRAMMING POSSIBLE. PUMP AND IV TUBING SEQUESTERED IN SFH BIOMED DEPARTMENT.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 22120504 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 1, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: BBRAUN INFUSION PUMP INDICATED A DOWNWARD OCCLUSION ALARM. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TUBING AND INTRAVENOUS SITE REVEALED FULL PATENCY WITH NO SIGNS OF OCCLUSION. ALL STOPCOCKS WERE CONFIRMED TO BE OPEN FOR INFUSION, AND THE TUBING WAS REPLACED. DESPITE THESE MEASURES, THE PUMP CONTINUED TO SHOW THE SAME ERROR. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PUMP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21738777 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 1, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE WITH THE DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION ALARM, WHICH COULD NOT BE BYPASSED. THE PRESSURE ROSE TO THE MAXIMUM LEVEL, YET THERE WAS NO OCCLUSION DETECTED AT THE STOPCOCK PORTS. AFTER PULLING THE TUBING AND CONFIRMING NO BLOCKAGE AT THE IV SITE, IT WAS REINSERTED INTO THE MACHINE, BUT THE ALARM PERSISTED.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21738591 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 1, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: NOREPINEPHRINE LINES OFTEN EXHIBIT DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION, DESPITE BEING FREE OF KINKS AND WITH ALL ROLLER CLAMPS AND STOPCOCKS CONFIRMED TO BE OPEN. AT A HIGH NOREPINEPHRINE DOSAGE OF 0.2, THE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE (MAP) DROPPED TO 40, NECESSITATING THE ADMINISTRATION OF 100 MG OF PHENYLEPHRINE. ADDITIONALLY, VASOPRESSIN WAS ADMINISTERED, BUT THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MULTIPLE AIR ALARMS, WHICH REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE NOREPINEPHRINE DOSAGE AND FREQUENT BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING WHILE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21738379 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 29, 2025Device Alarm System; False Alarm; Device Alarm System; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: AFTER REPLACING THE PROPOFOL BOTTLE AND LINE, THE PUMP TRIGGERED A DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE ALARM AND CEASED OPERATION. THE ALARM REACTIVATED IMMEDIATELY UPON ACCEPTANCE, EVEN WITH THE INFUSION HALTED. THE INFUSION WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PUMP, WHICH FUNCTIONED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE DEFECTIVE PUMP WAS TAKEN OUT FOR REPAIRS. AN HOUR LATER, THE IV LINE BECAME MISPOSITIONED, LEADING TO A DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION ALARM. ALTHOUGH THE IV SITE WAS ADJUSTED, THE PRESSURE MONITOR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HIGH READINGS. THE TUBING WAS REMOVED AND REINSERTED, WHICH RESET THE PRESSURE BAR. IT APPEARS THAT THE PUMPS STRUGGLE TO ACCURATELY DETECT PRESSURES WITHOUT A RESET. THE MALFUNCTIONING PUMP REMAINED IN CIRCULATION, AND THE PROPOFOL INFUSION WAS PAUSED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES, WHICH IS UNSUITABLE FOR A PATIENT LIKELY EXPERIENCING SEIZURES.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21727510 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 29, 2025Device Alarm System; False Alarm; Device Alarm System; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: MULTIPLE AIR ALARMS PROMPTED THE TRANSITION TO BLUE AIR, UTILIZING FOUR MICROBUBBLES, WHILE CHAMPAGNE WAS OBSERVED DURING THE KETAMINE INFUSION PROCESS, WHICH FOLLOWED THE SAME PROTOCOL FOR BOTH ADVANCED AIR REMOVAL. THE TUBING WAS DETACHED, AIR WAS FLICKED AND PURGED, AND THE AREA WAS SANITIZED WITH AN ALCOHOL SWAB BEFORE REINSERTION AND REPRIME, ALLOWING IT TO STABILIZE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER, NOREPINEPHRINE #2 EXPERIENCED A DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION WITHOUT AN APPARENT CAUSE, LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE UNTIL THE MAXIMUM WAS ACHIEVED, FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL PUSH TO FACILITATE FLOW.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21727507 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 28, 2025Device Alarm System; False Alarm; Device Alarm System; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE PUMP CONSISTENTLY TRIGGERED ALARMS FOR DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION, UPWARD OCCLUSION, AND AIR IN THE LINE, OCCURRING OVER 14 TIMES WITHIN A THREE-HOUR PERIOD. THIS FREQUENT ALARMING RESULTED IN DELAYS IN INSULIN INFUSION, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PATIENT'S BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. DESPITE CHANGING THE LINE AND THE BAG, AS WELL AS CHECKING THE SENSORS, NO APPARENT ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. NEVERTHELESS, THE ALARMS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT.

    Patient problems: Hyperglycemia

    MAUDE report 21720644 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 28, 2025Device Alarm System; False Alarm; Device Alarm System; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: AN UPSTREAM OCCLUSION ALARM PREVENTED THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION. EVEN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE LINE FROM THE INFUSION PUMP, THE ALARM REMAINED UNRESOLVED.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21719787 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE PUMP WAS ADMINISTERING A FENTANYL INFUSION AT A RATE OF 250 MCG/HR BUT CONSISTENTLY TRIGGERED HIGH DOWN PRESSURE ALARMS. THE INFUSION LINE WAS DISCONNECTED, FLUSHED, AND REATTACHED TO THE STOPCOCK, ENSURING IT WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION. DESPITE INCREASING THE PUMP PRESSURE TO 9, THE HIGH-PRESSURE ALARMS CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE LINE WAS EXAMINED FOR AIR BUBBLES OR BLOCKAGES, SUCCESSFULLY PRIMED, YET THE ALARMS PERSISTED. A NEW LINE WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED UNRESOLVED. ULTIMATELY, SWITCHING TO A NEW PUMP RECTIFIED THE ISSUE. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THE PATIENT WAS ALSO RECEIVING NOREPINEPHRINE AT 0.1 MCG/KG/MIN, VASOPRESSIN AT 2.4 UNITS/HR, EPINEPHRINE AT 0.04 MCG/KG/MIN, DOPAMINE AT 5 MCG/KG/MIN, PROPOFOL AT 4 MG/KG/HR, A BOLUS, AND A KCL SLIDING SCALE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21652847 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: B BRAUN PUMP ALARMING UPSTREAM OCCLUSION. THIS WAS IN FACT NOT THE CASE PT WAS ASLEEP 75% OF THE BOLUS HAD INFUSED. NOTHING HAD MOVED.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21652661 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: B BRAUN PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY ALARMING FOR DOWNSTREAM OCCLUSION WHEN THERE WAS NO VISIBLE OCCLUSION, CHANGED THE TUBING AND THE PUMP STILL DID NOT WORK.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21652443 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025Device Alarm System; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion; Device Alarm System; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE NURSE REPEATEDLY RESET THE PATIENT'S PUMP DUE TO ALARMS INDICATING AIR BUBBLES OR DOWNWARD OCCLUSION. THE PATIENT WAS RECEIVING A SODIUM BICARBONATE SOLUTION. TO ADDRESS THE AIR BUBBLES, THE LINE WAS REMOVED THREE TIMES TO MANUALLY DISLODGE THEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE LINE WAS DETACHED FROM THE PATIENT AND PRIMED TWICE, AND THE LINE CHAMBER WAS CLEANED. ULTIMATELY, THE NURSE OPTED TO REPLACE THE LINES, WHICH INCLUDED CHANGING BOTH THE BICARBONATE LINE AND THE NORMAL SALINE LINE CONTAINING 40 MEQ OF KCL. THESE LINES WERE THEN CONNECTED AT A Y-SITE TO DELIVER THE SOLUTION THROUGH A SINGLE PORT OF THE PICC. THE PUMPS WERE REPROGRAMMED WITH NEW VOLUME SETTINGS, WITH BOTH PUMPS SET TO A VOLUME TO BE INFUSED (VTBI) OF 950 ML, DESPITE THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERFLOW, AS THE BAGS FREQUENTLY BECOME AIR-LOCKED. AT 0500, THE NORMAL SALINE LINE BECAME AIR-LOCKED DESPITE THE PROGRAMMING, NECESSITATING THE NURSE TO REPRIME THE LINE. THE TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE THE FREQUENT ALARMS AND THE PUMP'S FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRAMMED VOLUME.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21652273 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025Excess Flow or Over-Infusion; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SET UP A SECONDARY MEDICATION USING A B BRAUN IV PUMP. INSTEAD OF PRIMING IT, REPORTER BACK-PRIMED THE TUBING AND PROGRAMMED THE MEDICATION (PANTOPRAZOLE) TO INFUSE OVER 20 MINUTES. REPORTER OBSERVED THAT THE SECONDARY BAG WAS ENTIRELY EMPTY, EVEN THOUGH THE PUMP INDICATED THERE WERE STILL 10 MINUTES REMAINING.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21651720 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 20, 2025Excess Flow or Over-Infusion; Excess Flow or Over-Infusion

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED 4 GRAMS OF MGSO4 INTRAVENOUSLY, WITH THE REGISTERED NURSE INITIATING THE INFUSION ACCORDING TO THE PREPROGRAMMED RATE ON THE B BRAUN PUMP FOR CRITICAL CARE. AT THE 2-HOUR AND 38-MINUTE MARK, THE WRITER OBSERVED THAT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 CC OF FLUID REMAINED IN THE BAG, WHICH ORIGINALLY CONTAINED 118 CC. THIS INDICATES THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE BAG HAD BEEN INFUSED WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR AND 20 MINUTES. THE WRITER CONSULTED WITH THE CHARGE NURSE, WHO ADVISED ADJUSTING THE INFUSION RATE AND VOLUME TO ENSURE THE ENTIRE BAG WOULD BE ADMINISTERED OVER THE DESIGNATED 4-HOUR PERIOD, THEREBY ENSURING PATIENT SAFETY. THE PUMP WAS MARKED WITH A "DO NOT USE" TAG.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21651614 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 19, 2025False Alarm; False Alarm

    AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: THE PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, TRIGGERING A CONTINUOUS "OCCLUSION" ALARM EVEN THOUGH NO ACTUAL OCCLUSION WAS PRESENT. VASOPRESSIN WAS STILL BEING ADMINISTERED, AND FORTUNATELY, IT TAKES A WHILE TO DISSIPATE. THIS ALLOWED US TO INCREASE THE NOREPINEPHRINE DOSAGE WHILE WE REPLACED THE VASOPRESSIN PUMP. THE FAULTY PUMP HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21643220 ↗

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