FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

EPIDURAL CATHETER

MDR report key: 16232 · Received June 14, 1994

Report

Report Number
16232
Event Type
Other
Date Received
June 14, 1994
Date of Event
June 8, 1994
Report Date
June 14, 1994
Manufacturer
BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
BSO
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT CAME TO PAIN CLINIC WITH TENDERNESS TO ENTIRE RIGHT FLANK. AREA SURROUNDING THE CATHETER EXIT SITE VERY HOT, HARD TO TOUCH AND TENDER. PT WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY FOR EMERGENCY REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE EPIDURAL CTHETER WITH IRRIGATION. PT ADMITTED TO ICU AND SCHEDULED FOR INSERTION OF EPIDURAL CATHETER 5 DAYS LATER. ORIGINAL CATHETER HAD BEEN INSERTED 10/21/93.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EPIDURAL CATHETER Implant EPIDURAL CATHETER BSO BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC. 0602902 36FD4329

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Other