CHLORAPREP UNKNOWN
Report
- Report Number
- 3004932373-2021-00293
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 20, 2021
- Date of Event
- June 7, 2021
- Report Date
- June 8, 2021
- Manufacturer
- CAREFUSION 213, LLC 0113
- Product Code
- OJU
- PMA / PMN Number
- EXEMPT
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- FL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Narratives
PR (B)(4) INITIAL EMDR SUBMISSION. A FOLLOW UP EMDR WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. (B)(4).
IT WAS REPORTED BY THE LITERATURE ARTICLE THAT THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDOPHTHALMITIS AND DEVELOPED PAIN, REDNESS, AND DECREASED VISION AFTER USE OF PVI. A HEALTHY [OMITTED] WITH A HISTORY OF NEOVASCULAR AGERELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD) WHO HAD UNDERGONE APPROXIMATELY 131 INTRAVITREAL ANTI-VEGF INJECTIONS TO BOTH EYES RECEIVED AN INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF AFLIBERCEPT IN THE RIGHT EYE FOR PERSISTENT SUBRETINAL FLUID. DURING THE INJECTION, BOTH THE PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN WORE A MASK. THE IVI INJECTION TECHNIQUE CONSISTED OF INFEROTEMPORAL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL LIDOCAINE, FOLLOWED BY TOPICAL 5% POVIDONE-IODINE (PVI) EYELID SCRUBS AND TOPICAL PVI TO THE CONJUNCTIVA FORNIX. AFTER A LID SPECULUM WAS PLACED, ADDITIONAL CONJUNCTIVAL PVI WAS APPLIED, FOLLOWED BY A TOPICAL PVI-SOAKED PLEDGET HELD ON THE INJECTION SITE FOR 15 SECONDS PRIOR TO INJECTION. THE PATIENT PRESENTED TWO DAYS LATER WITH RIGHT EYE PAIN, REDNESS, AND A DECREASE IN VISION. AT PRESENTATION, BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY (BCVA) OF THE RIGHT EYE WAS HAND MOTION (DECREASED FROM 20/25) AND EXAMINATION REVEALED CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION, HYPOPYON, DENSE VITRITIS, AND INTRARETINAL HEMORRHAGES (FIG. 1). THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDOPHTHALMITIS AND UNDERWENT A VITREOUS TAP AND INJECTION OF INTRAVITREAL VANCOMYCIN (1 MG/0.1 ML), CEFTAZIDIME (2.25 MG/0.1 ML), AND TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE (0.40 MG/0.1 ML). NO ORAL ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED. BECAUSE OF PERSISTENT VITREOUS OPACITIES AND INFLAMMATION, NINE DAYS AFTER INITIAL PRESENTATION THE PATIENT UNDERWENT PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY WITH INJECTION OF TRIAMCINOLONE. SIX WEEKS AFTER INITIAL.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 927128 | CHLORAPREP UNKNOWN | 2% W/V CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE/70% V/V ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL | OJU | CAREFUSION 213, LLC 0113 | UNKNOWN |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 YR | Other |