FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

BILIBLANKET PLUS

MDR report key: 103013 · Received July 1, 1997

Report

Report Number
MW1011627
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 1, 1997
Date of Event
June 2, 1997
Report Date
July 1, 1997
Manufacturer
OHMEDA MEDICAL
Product Code
MEA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 7/1/97 RPTR RECEIVED REPORT RESULTS ON A BILIBLANKET WHICH A FATHER STATES BURNED SON. HOME HEALTH NURSE, PICKED UP PHOTOTHERAPY UNIT. FATHER TOLD HER THAT HIS SON HAD BEEN BURNED. 5/31/97 FATHER NOTICED INFANT'S BACK WAS RED WHEN CHILD WAS PICKED UP. PARENTS TOOK CHILD TO A PEDIATRICIAN. DR. ADVISED REDNESS ON BACK WAS LIKE THAT OF A MILD SUNBURN. 6/2/97 NURSE WENT TO GET UNIT. FATHER HAD CONTINUED TO USE UNIT AFTER NOTING REDNESS AND DID NOT NOTIFY AGENCY UNTIL 6/2/97. FATHER DID NOT LET HOME HEALTH NURSE LOOK AT BURN ON INFANT. HE DID NOT WANT CHILD DISTURBED. IF SHOULD BE NOTED MFR ADVISES INFANT SHOULD BE ROTATED EVERY 2 HOURS. IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED, AT THIS TIME, IF INFANT WAS LEFT ON BACK FOR A PROLONGED TIME PERIOD OR NOT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BILIBLANKET PLUS PHOTOTHERAPY SYSTEM MEA OHMEDA MEDICAL 6600-0533-801 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 5 DAY Other