FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MEPILEX AG

MDR report key: 1852407 · Received September 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
3004763499-2010-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 28, 2010
Date of Event
August 5, 2010
Report Date
September 28, 2010
Manufacturer
MOLNLYCKE HEALTHCARE
Product Code
FRO
PMA / PMN Number
K071354
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BATCH DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND THERE WERE NOT ANY DEVIATIONS. SAMPLES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS COMPLAINT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK SEVERAL HOURS AFTER WOUND CARE NURSE CHANGED THE DRESSING ON A CHRONIC WOUND. THE STEPS TAKEN DURING THE DRESSING CHANGE WAS: RINSED AROUND THE EDGES OF THE WOUND WITH BETADINE, THEN RINSED WITH A WOUND CLEANSER THAT HAS BEEN USED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, THEN APPLIED A PROMOGRAN AND COVERED IT WITH A MEPILEX AG. FOUR TO FIVE PIECES OF THE MEPILEX AG WAS APPLIED. PT HAS NO HISTORY OF SILVER ALLERGY. BASED ON INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, THEY DETERMINED THE ANAPHYLAXIS WAS DUE TO THE BETADINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MEPILEX AG MEPILEX AG FRO MOLNLYCKE HEALTHCARE NOT KNOWN 10121750

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Hospitalization