FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD 1ML SYRINGE LUER-LOK TIP

MDR report key: 10038940 · Received May 8, 2020

Report

Report Number
1213809-2020-00297
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 8, 2020
Date of Event
April 27, 2020
Report Date
April 28, 2020
Manufacturer
BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FMF
UDI-DI
30382903096283
PMA / PMN Number
K941562
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE OF EVENT: UNKNOWN. THE DATE RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS FIELD. (B)(6). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO PHYSICAL SAMPLE RECEIVED, ONE PHOTO WAS RECEIVED FOR INVESTIGATION. ONE PHOTO OF THE BOTTOM HALF OF TWO LOOSE 1ML SYRINGES WAS RECEIVED AND EVALUATED. IT WAS OBSERVED ONE OF THE SYRINGES HAD THE SCALE SHIFTED UPWARDS AWAY FROM THE COLLAR APPROXIMATELY 0.04ML, WHICH WAS REJECTABLE PER PRODUCT SPECIFICATION. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND/OR SAMPLES TO DISPLAY THE ENTIRE SYRINGE WITH NO ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE RECEIVED. FURTHERMORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW SHOWED NO REJECTED INSPECTIONS OR QUALITY ISSUES DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THE PROVIDED LOT NUMBER THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED DEFECT. INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION: COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FOR THIS DEVICE AND REPORTED CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRACKED AND TRENDED. INFORMATION WILL BE CAPTURED ON TREND REPORTS AND MONITORED MONTHLY. OUR BUSINESS TEAM REGULARLY REVIEWS THE COLLECTED DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGING TRENDS. ROOT CAUSE DESCRIPTION: THE POTENTIAL ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE PHOTO PROVIDED. A PHYSICAL SAMPLE OR PHOTOS DISPLAYING THE ENTIRE SYRINGE ARE NECESSARY FOR A MORE THOROUGH EVALUATION AND POTENTIAL ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION. RATIONALE: CORRECTIVE ACTIONS CANNOT BE PERFORMED AS THE ROOT CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT BD 1ML SYRINGE LUER-LOK¿ TIP HAD SCALE MARKING ISSUES. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE USE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: MATERIAL NO: 309628, BATCH NO: 9051802. IT WAS REPORTED THAT VOLUME MEASUREMENTS ARE NOT CORRECTLY PRINTED ON THE SYRINGE. COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION A SYRINGE TAKEN FROM AN EYLEA BOX TODAY WAS NOT CORRECTLY PRINTED WITH THE VOLUME MEASUREMENTS. THE ABNORMAL SYRINGE IS ON THE LEFT AND A NORMAL SYRINGE IS ON THE RIGHT FOR COMPARISON. OBVIOUSLY IF INJECTING PHYSICIANS ARE NOT CAREFUL THIS MIS-LABELING COULD LEAD TO AN OVERDOSE AND IOP SPIKE. AFTER THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THE PROBLEM WITH THE SYRINGE PROVIDED IN THE KIT, THE PHYSICIAN CHOSE NOT TO USE THAT SYRINGE AND THEN SUCCESSFULLY USED A SYRINGE FROM HIS OWN OFFICE SUPPLY TO ADMINISTER THE DOSE TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
504571 BD 1ML SYRINGE LUER-LOK TIP PISTON SYRINGE FMF BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS 309628 9051802 30382903096283

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other