BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

    HEALTHSMART PILL CRUSHER

    MDR report key: 10250588 · Received July 8, 2020

    Report

    Report Number
    MW5095448
    Date Received
    July 8, 2020
    Report Date
    July 8, 2020
    Manufacturer
    APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, LLC.
    Product Code
    OHY
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    MI, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHARMACIST

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    WHEN SPEAKING WITH A GROUP OF NURSING STAFF ABOUT OUR CURRENT PRACTICES OF CRUSHING MEDICATION TABLETS, IN RESPONSE TO AN (B)(4) NEWSLETTER ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH A PLASTIC ENTERAL SYRINGE PRODUCT, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AN ISSUE WITH A DIFFERENT PRODUCT WE USE FOR PILL CRUSHING. CURRENTLY, A PRODUCT WE CARRY IS THE HEALTHSMART PILL CRUSHER/PULVERIZER. SEVERAL NURSES HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IN THE PAST, WHEN USING THE PRODUCT TO CRUSH TABLETS, THE PLASTIC BOTTOM HAS SHATTERED/BROKEN WHILE IN USE. THIS COULD HAVE LED TO SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC BEING ADMINISTERED TO PATIENTS IF NURSING STAFF WAS NOT CAREFUL. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THESE PRODUCTS FROM ALL OF OUR UNITS TO PREVENT ANY BREAKAGES IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL INSTEAD UTILIZE OUR OTHER PRODUCT, SILENT KNIGHT, IN THE FUTURE. (B)(4).

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    712871 HEALTHSMART PILL CRUSHER PILL CRUSHER/CUTTER OHY APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, LLC.

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1