FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD LUER-LOK SYRINGE BULK STERILE PHARMACY CONVENIENCE PAK

MDR report key: 10103460 · Received May 29, 2020

Report

Report Number
1911916-2020-00508
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 29, 2020
Date of Event
April 24, 2020
Report Date
May 20, 2020
Manufacturer
BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL
Product Code
FMF
UDI-DI
30382903096801
PMA / PMN Number
K980987
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: FOUR PHOTOS WERE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION. ALL SAMPLES WERE VISUALLY INSPECTED. TWO PHOTOS HAVE AN AREA CIRCLED WITH PERMANENT MARKER WHERE THE EMBEDDED FOREIGN MATTER WAS OBSERVED. THE EMBEDDED FOREIGN MATTER WAS IDENTIFIED AS BURNT PLASTIC. BASED ON THE PHOTOS PROVIDED THEY ARE OF A SIZE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. LEVEL 2 OR SMALLER. EMBEDDED BURNT PLASTIC CAN OCCUR AT THE STARTUP OF AN INJECTION MOLD/PRESS OR INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS. DEGRADED RESIN INHERENTLY BUILDS UP IN THE BARREL AND HOT-RUNNER SYSTEM OF THE TOOLING MOLD AND PRESS. THE DEGRADED RESIN CAN BREAK LOOSE AND BE MOLDED INTO COMPONENTS. ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC-POLYPROPYLENE ADHERED TO THE RUBBER STOPPER, IT CAN BE UP TO 1.2 MM. BASED ON THE PHOTO PROVIDED, IT IS OF A SIZE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. THE FOURTH PHOTO SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE SMALL AIR BUBBLE IN THE BARREL WALL, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE AIR BUBBLE IN THE PHOTO PROVIDED IT IS ACCEPTABLE. 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. A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPLETED WITH ZERO DEFECTS FOUND. NO QUALITY NOTIFICATIONS WERE WRITTEN FOR THIS BATCH, NOR FOR THE ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY BATCHES. INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION: THIS IS THE 2ND COMPLAINT FOR LOT # 9242239 FOR THIS TYPE OF DEFECT OR SYMPTOM. PREVIOUS COMPLAINT (B)(4). THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS TYPE OF DEFECT DURING THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION RUN OF THESE BATCH #S. ROOT CAUSE DESCRIPTION: THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. BASED ON THE PHOTOS THE IMPERFECTIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE. RATIONALE: CAPA NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT 49 BD LUER-LOK¿ SYRINGE BULK STERILE PHARMACY CONVENIENCE PAKS EXPERIENCED FOREIGN MATTER CONTAMINATION WHICH WAS NOTED PRIOR TO USE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: MATERIAL NO: 309680 BATCH NO: 9242239. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING INSPECTION SYRINGES HAD EMBEDDED MATERIAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
567324 BD LUER-LOK SYRINGE BULK STERILE PHARMACY CONVENIENCE PAK PISTON SYRINGE FMF BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL 309680 9242239 30382903096801

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other