FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AEROGEN 60 ML INHALATION SYRINGE

MDR report key: 15216829 · Received August 11, 2022

Report

Report Number
MW5111440
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 11, 2022
Date of Event
August 10, 2022
Report Date
August 10, 2022
Manufacturer
AEROGEN LTD.
Product Code
CAF
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

WHEN PREPARING AN ORDER FOR FLOLAN IN AN AEROGEN 60ML SYRINGE (LOT: HM21009, EXP: 02/28/2026), PHARMACY TECH NOTICED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF A BUG WING STUCK TO THE INSIDE OF THE SYRINGE. AFTER RECONSTITUTING THE ACTUAL DRUG AND PUSHING THE DRUG/DILUENT INTO THE AEROGEN SYRINGE FROM A BD SYRINGE, TECH NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING DOWN FROM THE NECK OF THE AEROGEN SYRINGE. THEY USED THE NEEDLE ATTACHED TO THE BD SYRINGE TO PUSH IT UP AND OUT OF THE AEROGEN SYRINGE, WHERE THEY COULD GRAB IT. IT WAS ATTACHED WELL ENOUGH BY SOME [INVALID]LIKE SUBSTANCE/MATERIAL THAT THEY COULD FEEL IT STRAIN WHEN THEY PULLED IT BEFORE IT CAME LOOSE. PRODUCTS AND SUBSTANCE WAS ABLE TO PASS IT BACK OUT FOR INSPECTION BY A PHARMACIST. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID# (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
326482 AEROGEN 60 ML INHALATION SYRINGE NEBULIZER (DIRECT PATIENT INTERFACE) CAF AEROGEN LTD. HM21009

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown BD SYRINGE