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Pt had mild chronic renal failure but was in need of arteriogram and balloon angioplasty. During the otherwise successful procedure, he received 100 cc x-ray dye without imaging, due to machine malfunction. This resulted in a rough doubling of total contrast from 150-250 cc. Contrast is a known renal toxin. Pt's renal failure worsened (creatinine increased from 3. 6 to 5. 5) over the next few days. Still do not know final outcome as yet. Device not labeled for single use. Patient medical status prior to event:  fair condition. There was not multiple patient involvement. Device serviced in accordance with service schedule. Date last serviced:  01-nov-93. Service provided by:  factory trained/authorized/owned service organization. Service records available. No imminent hazard to public health claimed. Device used as labeled/intended. Device was evaluated after the event. Method of evaluation:  actual device involved in incident was evaluated. Results of evaluation:  invalid data. Conclusion:  device failure directly caused event. Certainty of device as cause of or contributor to event:  invalid data. Corrective actions:  device repaired and put back in service. Invalid data - on device destroyed/disposed of status.
 Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5