FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STRYKER SLCD12

MDR report key: 18397481 · Received December 27, 2023

Report

Report Number
3013145340-2023-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 27, 2023
Date of Event
October 28, 2021
Report Date
December 26, 2023
Manufacturer
TERRAGENE S.A
Product Code
FRC
UDI-DI
07798164678175
PMA / PMN Number
K191021
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

NO DEVICE-RELATED DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY WAS REPORTED. NO EVIDENCE OF INCUBATOR'S MALFUNCTION. MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE POSITIVE RESULTS ARE AN INEFFECTIVE STERILIZATION PROCESS OR BI MALFUNCTION. AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, WE CONSIDER THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF BI MALFUNCTION, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE DEVICE TO FAIL TO PERFORM ITS ESSENTIAL FUNCTION AND COMPROMISE THE STERILIZATION PROCESS MONITORING EFFECTIVENESS WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO DELAY PATIENT TREATMENT AND, HENCE, TO A SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PERSONNEL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH INDICATED THAT BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS KEPT SHOWING POSITIVE RESULTS AFTER THE STERILIZATION PROCESS. THEY MENTIONED THAT TECHNICIANS MADE MULTIPL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE STERILIZER BUT TO NO AVAIL AND CONCLUDED THAT THE INCUBATOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2296650 STRYKER SLCD12 AUTO-READER INCUBATOR FRC TERRAGENE S.A STRYKER SLCD12 UNKNOWN 07798164678175

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown