FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SYRINGE 5ML SALINE FILL CHINA SP

MDR report key: 10114093 · Received June 3, 2020

Report

Report Number
1911916-2020-00516
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 3, 2020
Date of Event
May 15, 2020
Report Date
May 27, 2020
Manufacturer
BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL
Product Code
FMF
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: THERE WAS NO SAMPLE NOR PHOTO PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT VERBATIM IT APPEARS THE BARREL WAS DAMAGED AND POSSIBLY CRACKED. A PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIVERTER AT THE PACKAGING PROCESS. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT A JAM OCCURRED AT THE DIVERTER INDUCING DAMAGE TO THE BARREL. 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 # 9140777 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 THIS BATCH. ROOT CAUSE DESCRIPTION: A PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIVERTER AT THE PACKAGING PROCESS. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT A JAM OCCURRED AT THE DIVERTER INDUCING DAMAGE TO THE BARREL. RATIONALE: CAPA NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT SYRINGE 5ML SALINE FILL (B)(4) SP HAD A DAMAGED BARREL. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: "THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF REPEATED ASTHMA AND DEPRESSION FOR 20 YEARS. INTRAVENOUS INFUSION WAS GIVEN WITH INDWELLING NEEDLE, AND THE TUBE WAS SEALED WITH A FLUSH. IT WAS FOUND THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE BARREL WHEN IT WAS OPENED, SO IT WAS REPLACED AND SEALED SUCCESSFULLY."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
580403 SYRINGE 5ML SALINE FILL CHINA SP SYRINGE FMF BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL 9140777

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other