FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD LUER-LOK¿ SYRINGE WITH DETACHABLE BD ECLIPSE¿ NEEDLE

MDR report key: 10015233 · Received April 30, 2020

Report

Report Number
8041187-2020-00235
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 30, 2020
Date of Event
April 10, 2020
Report Date
May 14, 2020
Manufacturer
BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL (SINGAPORE)
Product Code
FMI
UDI-DI
30382903057895
PMA / PMN Number
SEE H.10.
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

H.6. INVESTIGATION: NO PHOTOS OR SAMPLES WERE RECEIVED BY OUR QUALITY TEAM FOR EVALUATION THEREFORE THE FAILURE MODE COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. A REVIEW OF THE INTERNAL MANUFACTURING DEVICE RECORDS AND RAW MATERIAL HISTORY FILES FOR THE REPORTED LOT NUMBER WAS PERFORMED AND NO RECORDED QUALITY PROBLEMS OR REJECTIONS TO THIS INCIDENT WERE FOUND. BASED ON THE QUALITY TEAM'S INVESTIGATION, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLUNGER OF THE BD LUER-LOK¿ SYRINGE WITH DETACHABLE BD ECLIPSE¿ NEEDLE BECAME "STUCK" DURING THE PPD SKIN TEST, AND THE SOLUTION COULD NOT BE PUSHED OUT. THIS OCCURRED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE DATES AND/OR PATIENT INFORMATION ARE UNKNOWN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: "MEDICAL ASSISTANT WAS TRYING TO GIVE A PPD SKIN TEST. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW UP THE SOLUTION WITHOUT A PROBLEM. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GIVE THE INJECTION, WHEN SHE PUSHED THE SYRINGE IN, THE SYRINGE WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT PUSH OUT THE SOLUTION. MA TOOK OUT THE NEEDLE AND TRIED TO PUSH OUT SOLUTION WITH OUT STICKING THE EMPLOYEE AND IT WAS STILL STUCK AND UNABLE TO GET SOLUTION OUT. MA TRIED WITH ANOTHER NEEDLE AND SYRINGE FROM THE SAME BOX AND SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN."

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE OF EVENT: UNKNOWN. THE DATE RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS FIELD. THERE WERE MULTIPLE MEDICAL DEVICE TYPES REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED. THE INFORMATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL DEVICE TYPE IS AS FOLLOWS: COMMON DEVICE NAME: PISTON SYRINGE. MEDICAL DEVICE TYPE: FMF. THERE WERE MULTIPLE PMA / 510(K)#S REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED. THE INFORMATION FOR EACH 510(K) NUMBER IS AS FOLLOWS: PMA / 510(K)#: K161170 (NEEDLE). PMA / 510(K)#: K941562 (SYRINGE). A DEVICE EVALUATION IS ANTICIPATED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEGUN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLUNGER OF THE BD LUER-LOK¿ SYRINGE WITH DETACHABLE BD ECLIPSE¿ NEEDLE BECAME "STUCK" DURING THE PPD SKIN TEST, AND THE SOLUTION COULD NOT BE PUSHED OUT. THIS OCCURRED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE DATES AND/OR PATIENT INFORMATION ARE UNKNOWN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: "MEDICAL ASSISTANT WAS TRYING TO GIVE A PPD SKIN TEST. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW UP THE SOLUTION WITHOUT A PROBLEM. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GIVE THE INJECTION, WHEN SHE PUSHED THE SYRINGE IN, THE SYRINGE WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT PUSH OUT THE SOLUTION. MA TOOK OUT THE NEEDLE AND TRIED TO PUSH OUT SOLUTION WITH OUT STICKING THE EMPLOYEE AND IT WAS STILL STUCK AND UNABLE TO GET SOLUTION OUT. MA TRIED WITH ANOTHER NEEDLE AND SYRINGE FROM THE SAME BOX AND SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
476322 BD LUER-LOK¿ SYRINGE WITH DETACHABLE BD ECLIPSE¿ NEEDLE HYPODERMIC SINGLE LUMEN NEEDLE FMI BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL (SINGAPORE) 305789 9267437 30382903057895

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other