FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIBERTY RENTAL PUMP WITHOUT CASE

MDR report key: 12453000 · Received September 10, 2021

Report

Report Number
1419937-2021-00076
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 10, 2021
Date of Event
August 23, 2021
Manufacturer
MEDELA AG
Product Code
OMP
UDI-DI
07612367015578
PMA / PMN Number
K080357
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PATIENT'S DRESSING HAS BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE PATIENT REFUSED TO DO ANY TROUBLESHOOTING, STATES HIS WIFE IS A WOUND CARE SPECIALIST AND SHE HAS BEEN TREATING HIM AND HAS BEEN DOING HIS DRESSING CHANGES. HE STATED HE IS EXPERIENCING BRUISING AROUND THE WOUND AND MAY HAVE AN INFECTION. HE WILL BE GETTING A CULTURE TO HAVE TESTED. THE PATIENT WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT HIS DOCTOR TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT HE IS EXPERIENCING. APRIA WILL BE SENDING OUT A NEW PUMP. ON (B)(6) 2021, MELODY FROM APRIA CALLED AND SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE THE CUSTOMER WAS EXPERIENCING. THE CUSTOMER HAS BEEN ASKING FOR MULTIPLE UNITS. THEY ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT MAY BE DROPPING THE PUMPS. A MEDELA CLINICIAN CONTACTED THE PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2021, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A NEW PUMP ON (B)(6) 2021 BUT IT WAS NOT PUT BACK ON THE PATIENT AS OF YET. THE PATIENT'S WIFE ALLEGED THAT THE WOUND WAS INFECTED AND THEY HAD A CULTURE DONE ON (B)(6) 2021 AND THEY WERE AWAITING THE RESULTS OF THE CULTURE. THE MEDELA CLINICIAN FOLLOWED UP WITH THE PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2021, THEY STILL WERE AWAITING THE CULTURE RESULTS BUT THE REPLACEMENT PUMP WAS WORKING AS EXPECTED. ON (B)(6) 2021, THE MEDELA CLINICIAN FOLLOWED UP WITH THE PATIENT AND SPOKE WITH HIS WIFE, SHE STATED THE NEW DEVICE IS WORKING AS EXPECTED. HE IS BEING TREATED WITH ORAL CEFTIN FOR KLEBSIELLA. SHE ALSO REPORTED THAT SHE SUSPECTS THAT HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE WOUND INFECTION FROM BEING IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. SHE REPORTED THAT EVERY TIME THEY GO TO THE WOUND DOCTOR THEY HAVE EXTREMELY LONG WAIT TIMES. SHE STATED ALL IS WELL. MEDELA IS FILING THIS REPORT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY AS IT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION (MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2021, MEDELA LLC WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE PATIENT'S LIBERTY PUMP WAS NOT WORKING LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. THERE WAS A CONTAINER ISSUE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1350011 LIBERTY RENTAL PUMP WITHOUT CASE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY POWERED SUCTION PUMP OMP MEDELA AG 101037810 07612367015578

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other