FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

AIRFLOW ADULT/PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATOR

MDR report key: 1582406 · Received December 18, 2009

Report

Report Number
1582406
Date Received
December 18, 2009
Date of Event
January 1, 2009
Report Date
December 18, 2009
Manufacturer
VENTLAB CORPORATION
Product Code
BTM
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
WV, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT CONFUSION IS MORE LIKELY TO EXIST IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DUE TO THE IDENTIFICATION/LABELING OF THE AIRFLOW PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATOR AND THE AIRFLOW ADULT RESUSCITATOR. BOTH ARE THE SAME COLOR GREEN; HOWEVER, THE ADULT ONE IS CONTAINED IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH THE WORD ADULT PRINTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A 1/2 INCH BLUE STRIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG. THE PEDIATRIC ONE IS IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH THE WORD PEDIATRIC PRINTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A 1/2 INCH YELLOW STRIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG. QUESTION IF DIFFERENT COLOR BAGS COULD BE USED DUE TO LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AIRFLOW ADULT/PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATOR RESUSCITATORS BTM VENTLAB CORPORATION * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *