Description of Event or Problem · 1
A PT PRESENTED WITH A 85-90% TBSA DEEP PARTIAL-THICKNESS/FULL-THICKNESS BURN. ON 5/6/1997, THE PT RECEIVED 26 PIECES OF DERMAGRAFT-TC (DGTC) (LOT 101182, 101183, 101184). THE DGTC WAS APPLIED OVER 4 TO 1 MESHED AUTOGRAFT. THE AUTOGRAFT HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION. THE WOUND CULTURE WAS POSITIVE FOR PSEUDOMONAS AND STREPTOCOCCUS. ON 5/19/1997 THE SURGEON APPLIED ANOTHER 12 PIECES, LOT 1011852. THIS DGTC WAS APPLIED TO THE LEGS BUT HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION, SOME ORGANISMS. ON 5/23/1997 16 PIECES WERE APPLIED, LOT 101226 AND 101228 AS A TEMPORARY COVERING AND OVER MESH AUTOGRAFT. THE AREA WAS INFECTED AND THE DGTC HAD TO BE REMOVED, CULTURES REVEALED SAME ORGANISM. INFECTION IS A COMMON COMPLICATION OF BURNS AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE INFECTION.