FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CIDEX OPA SOLUTION

MDR report key: 1222512 · Received November 6, 2008

Report

Report Number
2084725-2008-00730
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 6, 2008
Date of Event
October 9, 2008
Report Date
October 9, 2008
Manufacturer
JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LTD.
Product Code
MED
PMA / PMN Number
K991487
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A NURSE REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WHO HAD ACINETOBACTERIA WAS BRONCHED AND THE DOCTOR USED THE SAME INSTRUMENT ON A SECOND PATIENT THREE HOURS LATER. THE INSTRUMENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN CLEANED WITH CIDEX OPA PRIOR TO USE ON THE 2ND PATIENT. THIS COMPLAINT IS FOCUSED ON TH 2ND PATIENT WHO STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE PROCEDURE AND WAS PRESCRIBED TOBRAMYCIN AND COLYMYACIN FOR THE BACTERIA. THE 2ND PATIENT DIED ONE WEEK AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THE 2ND PATIENT HAD LUNG CANCER AND CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE BACTERIA IS NON-PATHOGENIC AND NOT THAT KIND OF ORGANISM THAT WOULD BE FATAL. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DEATH WAS DUE TO THE LUNG CANCER. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF COMPLICATIONS WITH THE 1ST PATIENT. THE CUSTOMER IS WAITING FOR DNA RESULTS OF THE BACTERIA FOUND ON BOTH PATIENTS ONE AND TWO. SHE IS ALSO CONCERNED THAT MAY BE THE DOCTOR WAS THE ONE THAT MAY HAVE CONTAMINATED THE INSTRUMENT. CUSTOMER WILL GIVE US THE RESULT OF THE DNA. ASP CUSTOMER CARE REVIEWED WITH THE CUSTOMER THE TYPE OF BACTERIA THAT CIDEX OPA IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CIDEX OPA SOLUTION BIOCIDES SOLUTIONS (MED) MED JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LTD. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Death| H