FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CORFLO NASOGASTRIC/NASOINTESTINAL FEEDING TUBE WITH ENFIT CONNECTOR

MDR report key: 11960004 · Received June 8, 2021

Report

Report Number
9611594-2021-00078
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 8, 2021
Date of Event
March 31, 2021
Report Date
June 8, 2021
Manufacturer
AVANOS MEDICAL INC.
Product Code
KNT
UDI-DI
00350770459974
PMA / PMN Number
K821906
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR LOT 30107617 WAS REVIEWED AND THE PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED ACCORDING TO PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. ALL INFORMATION REASONABLY KNOWN AS OF 08 JUN 2021 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. 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 COMPLAINT DATABASE AND IDENTIFIED AS COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AVANOS MEDICAL INC. RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT PATIENTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 9611594-2021-00077 FOR THE FIRST REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE WAS PLACED POST-THROMBECTOMY AND WAS REPLACED UPON ARRIVAL TO NEURO CRITICAL CARE DUE TO NON-PATENCY. A KIDNEY, URETER, AND BLADDER X-RAY (KUB) WAS DONE TO CONFIRM PLACEMENT OF THE NEW NG TUBE, WHICH INDICATED LEFT LUNG PLACEMENT WITH POSSIBLE SMALL PNEUMOTHORAX. AN X-RAY PERFORMED LATER INDICATED THAT THE PNEUMOTHORAX HAD WORSENED AND THE LEFT LUNG WAS COLLAPSED. DUE TO WORSENING CO-MORBIDITIES (CEREBRAL EDEMA), THE PATIENT WAS PLACED IN COMFORT CARE AND NO FURTHER INTERVENTION WAS DONE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
857150 CORFLO NASOGASTRIC/NASOINTESTINAL FEEDING TUBE WITH ENFIT CONNECTOR DH CPK NG TUBES KNT AVANOS MEDICAL INC. 40-1362 30107617 00350770459974

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR