FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TURBO-CLEANING CLOSED SUCTION SYSTEM FOR ADULTS, 14 F, DSE

MDR report key: 10217912 · Received July 1, 2020

Report

Report Number
8030647-2020-00041
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 1, 2020
Report Date
July 1, 2020
Product Code
BSY
UDI-DI
00609038938394
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD IS NOT POSSIBLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. ALL INFORMATION REASONABLY KNOWN AS OF (B)(6) 2020 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT. AVANOS MEDICAL INC. HAS NO INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT REPORTED BUT IS RELAYING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE USER FACILITY WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS PRODUCT INCIDENT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE AVANOS MEDICAL INC. COMPLAINT DATABASE AND IDENTIFIED AS COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AVANOS MEDICAL INC. RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED FIVE DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING FIVE DIFFERENT PATIENTS. THIS IS THE FOURTH OF FIVE REPORTS. REFER TO 8030647-2020-00038 FOR THE FIRST REPORT . REFER TO 8030647-2020-00039 FOR THE SECOND REPORT. REFER TO 8030647-2020-00040 FOR THE THIRD REPORT. REFER TO 8030647-2020-00042 FOR THE FIFTH REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE "ET [ENDOTRACHEAL] TUBE [ETT] CLOGGED WITH TENACIOUS SECRETIONS." NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED FOR THIS PATIENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED (B)(6) 2020. THE USER FACILITY STATED "YOU CAN HEAR THE SECRETIONS 'RATTLING' EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE JUST OR IN THE PROCESS OF SUCTIONING. IN SOME INSTANCES THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT BUT CAN HEAR IT. SOMETIMES THEY WILL REMOVE THE PATIENT FROM THE VENT AND STRAIGHT CATH THEM TO GET THE SECRETIONS. IN SOME INSTANCES WHEN WE ARE NOT GETTING THE SECRETIONS THE XRAY IS NOT IMPROVING AND O2 [OXYGEN] REQUIREMENTS NOT IMPROVING THEY WILL BRONCH [BRONCHOSCOPY] THE PATIENTS AND WILL GET TONS OF SECRETIONS WITH PLUGS."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
683330 TURBO-CLEANING CLOSED SUCTION SYSTEM FOR ADULTS, 14 F, DSE VAP CLOSED SUCTION CATHETERS & ACCESSORIES BSY 227 UNKNOWN 00609038938394

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1