In July, I read a news article that said the U.S. Food and Administration (FDA) issued a Class 1 recall on the infusion pump manufactured by the Baxter Healthcare Corporation, a medical supply company that headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. Apparently, their infusion pump–known was the Colleague Triple Channel Infusion Pump–had a technical error related to its inability to continue providing necessary fluids to the patient. Although they only occurred in specific situations, it has caused 16 known injuries and 3 reported deaths.
All the affected medical supplies displayed an error code, sounded an alarm and then ceased all three channels of the infusion. Obviously, when something like this happens, it can be life-threatening or at least lead to serious injury. Apparently, after Baxter Healthcare Corp. made the worldwide recall of all of its models of the infusion pump, they learned that the problem was due to the matter of falsification of service and repair documentation. When they would send a damaged or malfunctioning infusion pump medical supply to be fixed, they were returned without service being performed on them at all. This deception of course can cause over infusion, under infusion or just a complete termination of infusion.
If you have this faulty medical supply from Baxter, stop using it immediately. Have a professional in medical equipment repair replace the defective pieces. You can also contact a lawyer because you may be entitled to compensation.
