FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BARDEX LUBRICATH

MDR report key: 16486 · Received January 25, 1994

Report

Report Number
16486
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 25, 1994
Date of Event
December 20, 1993
Report Date
December 29, 1993
Manufacturer
BARD UROLOGICAL
Product Code
FCN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO INSERT A URINARY DRAINAGE CATHETER IN ANESTHETIZED PATIENT PRIOR TO A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE RN SAID THAT THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED WITHOUT RESISTANCE. THERE WAS NO RETURN OF URINE, SO THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED. THE BALLOON HAD NOT BEEN INFLATED. THERE WAS SOME OOZING OF BLOOD FROM THE MEATUS AFTER THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED. A UROLOGIST WAS CONSULATED AND INSERTED A 16F CATHETER. PT RETURNED TO SURGERY 8 DAYS LATER FOR FULGURATION OF A BLEEDING PIT IN THE URETHRA. SURGICAL FINDINGS:FALSE PASSAGE RT BULBOUS URETHRA WITH BLEEDING. PT REPORTS NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS OF URINARY PROBLEMS.NO APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE DEVICE WAS NOTED BY THE RN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BARDEX LUBRICATH INDWELLING URINARY DRAINAGE CATHETER FCN BARD UROLOGICAL REORDER #892816

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Hospitalization