FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

EZ-OX

MDR report key: 1564883 · Received December 21, 2009

Report

Report Number
MW5014085
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 21, 2009
Date of Event
December 16, 2009
Report Date
January 4, 2010
Manufacturer
WESTERN MEDICA
Product Code
CAN
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SUPPLEMENTAL INFO REGARDING THE FORM 3500 MDR SUBMITTED ON 12/21/09: THE EZ-OX CYLINDER WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF MDR WAS NOT USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS LABELING INSTRUCTIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2009: A PT CONNECTED TO AN EZ-OX CYLINDER WAS BEING MOVED FROM THE OR TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHO HAD CONNECTED THE PT TO THE EZ-OX AND WAS ACCOMPANYING PT NOTICED THAT THE PT'S BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 92, WAS 60. FACILITY FOUND NO OXYGEN WAS FLOWING FROM THE EZ-OX, REMOVED THE EZ-OX AND CONNECTED THE PT TO FACILITY'S CENTRALIZED, PIPED OXYGEN SUPPLY. ADVISED THAT THE PT WAS FINE. THERE WAS NO FLOW FROM EZ-OX BECAUSE THE FLOW SELECTOR WAS NOT SET IN A FLOW POSITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EZ-OX METAL CYLINDER WITH INTEGRATED REGULATOR CONTAINING OXYGEN USP CAN WESTERN MEDICA EZ-OX 309ANC9018C

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other