FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD LUER-LOK DISPOSABLE SYRINGE WITH BD LUER-LOK TIP

MDR report key: 11853057 · Received May 19, 2021

Report

Report Number
1213809-2021-00346
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 19, 2021
Date of Event
April 21, 2021
Report Date
May 24, 2021
Manufacturer
BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FMF
UDI-DI
30382903096573
PMA / PMN Number
K980987
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE FOLLOWING FIELDS WERE UPDATED DUE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: D.10. DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR EVAL?: YES. D.10. RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER ON: 5/10/2021. H.6. INVESTIGATION: EIGHTY-FOUR 3ML SYRINGES IN FULLY SEALED BLISTER PACKS FROM BATCH 1041510 (P/N 309657) WERE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED. FIVE OF THE SYRINGES HAD NO VISIBLE DEFECTS. SEVENTY-NINE OF THE SYRINGES HAD VARYING DEGREES OF MISSING PRINT WITH SOME HAVING SO PRINT ABOVE THE 2ML MARKING, SOME HAVING INTERMITTENT SECTIONS MISSING THROUGHOUT THE SCALE AND SOME HAVING MINIMAL GRAD LINES WITH ALMOST NO SCALE PRESENT. THE SEVENTY-NINE SYRINGES WITH POOR PRINT WERE REJECTABLE PER PRODUCT SPECIFICATION. POTENTIAL ROOT CAUSE FOR THE MISSING PRINT DEFECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARKING PROCESS. IT WAS LIKELY DUE TO AN INK FLOW ISSUE THAT PREVENTED THE PROPER AMOUNT OF INK FROM BEING APPLIED. MISSING PRINT WAS FOUND DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS BATCH AND A REQUALIFICATION WAS PERFORMED. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY BASED ON THE DEFECTIVE RATE IDENTIFIED. BATCH 1041510 IS CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PRODUCT SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT 84 BD LUER-LOK¿ DISPOSABLE SYRINGES WITH THE BD LUER-LOK¿ TIP WERE FOUND WITH ILLEGIBLE SCALE MARKINGS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: "3ML SYRINGES FOUND WITH ML MARKINGS RUBBED OUT THROUGHOUT LENGTH OF SYRINGE DESPITE EXPIRY NOT BEING UNTIL 2026. 84 EACH".

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AGE: UNKNOWN. THE PATIENT¿S DATE OF BIRTH WAS USED TO DETERMINE A PLACEHOLDER DATE FOR THIS FIELD. DATE OF EVENT: UNKNOWN. THE DATE RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS FIELD. A DEVICE EVALUATION IS ANTICIPATED BUT HAS NOT YET BEGUN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT 84 BD LUER-LOK¿ DISPOSABLE SYRINGES WITH THE BD LUER-LOK¿ TIP WERE FOUND WITH ILLEGIBLE SCALE MARKINGS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER: "3ML SYRINGES FOUND WITH ML MARKINGS RUBBED OUT THROUGHOUT LENGTH OF SYRINGE DESPITE EXPIRY NOT BEING UNTIL 2026. 84 EACH."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
744173 BD LUER-LOK DISPOSABLE SYRINGE WITH BD LUER-LOK TIP PISTON SYRINGE FMF BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS 309657 1041510 30382903096573

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 14 DA