BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    EQUATE CLEANING & DISINFECTING LENS CARE SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 15241339 · Received August 16, 2022

    Report

    Report Number
    MW5111501
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    August 16, 2022
    Date of Event
    August 12, 2022
    Report Date
    August 12, 2022
    Manufacturer
    WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Product Code
    LYL
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PATIENT
    Health Professional
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    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    I WAS USING THE EQUATE CLEANING AND DISINFECTING LENS CARE SYSTEM FROM WALMART TO DISINFECT MY CONTACTS. I'VE BEEN USING THIS TYPE OF CONTACT SOLUTION FOR YEARS WITHOUT AN ISSUE (I TYPICALLY USE THE CLEARCARE BRAND, NOT THE EQUATE BRAND). WHEN I PUT IN MY CONTACTS THIS MORNING I FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN AND A SENSATION OF A FOREIGN OBJECT BEING STUCK BEHIND MY EYELID IN MY LEFT EYE. I IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED THE EYE WITH SALINE SOLUTION (BIOTRUE SOLUTION--NOT THE SAME SOLUTION I USED TO CLEAN THE LENSES) TRYING TO GET THE LENS OUT. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE LENS AND IT HAD DISINTEGRATED INTO TWO JAGGED PIECES. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE OTHER LENS AND IT WAS IN PIECES AS WELL. 2 HOURS LATER I'M STILL HAVING EYE PAIN. I'M GOING TO THE EYE DOCTOR LATER TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SMALL PIECES OF THE LENS LEFT IN MY EYE OR CHEMICAL DAMAGE FROM THE SOLUTION. I HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME BRAND OF CONTACTS (PROCLEAR) FOR OVER A DECADE WITH THIS TYPE OF DISINFECTING SYSTEM AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE, SO I THINK USER ERROR WAS UNLIKELY. I BELIEVE THAT THE EQUATE SOLUTION WAS FAULTY. I CALLED THE WALMART CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF THE BOTTLE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, WHICH SEEMS INADEQUATE IF THIS PRODUCT IS UNSAFE. I PUT THE PIECES OF BROKEN CONTACT LENS BACK IN THE CASE WITH THE SOLUTION AND SAVED IT. HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT FOR TESTING IF NEEDED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2486987 EQUATE CLEANING & DISINFECTING LENS CARE SYSTEM ACCESSORIES, SOLUTION, ULTRASONIC CLEANERS FOR LENSES LYL WAL-MART STORES, INC. 168312

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 35 YR Female ADDERALL (10 MG/DAY)| MULTIVITAMINS| OCCASIONALLY USE IBUPROFEN FOR HEADACHES| VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS (800 IU/DAY)