FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD ECLIPSE NEEDLE

MDR report key: 18535474 · Received January 17, 2024

Report

Report Number
MW5150470
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 17, 2024
Date of Event
December 30, 2023
Report Date
January 15, 2024
Manufacturer
BECTON DICKINSON
Product Code
FMI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

WHEN GIVING COVID BOOSTER (SPIKEVAX NDC: 8077102-01) PHARMACIST WENT TO DEPRESS THE PLUNGER TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE AND THE PLUNGER WOULD NOT MOVE. PHARMACIST DID NOTE SOME RESISTANCE TO EXPELLING THE AIR PRIOR TO ADMINISTRATION BUT NOT TO THE POINT SHE FOUND IT ALARMING. PHARMACIST ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE VACCINE A SECOND TIME ONLY TO FIND THE SAME ISSUE. AFTER FIDDLING WITH THE VACCINE PHARMACIST RULED THE VACCINE (LOT 3030701 EXP 4/2024) TO BE COMPROMISED AND PATIENT ELECTED TO GET THE VACCINE ANOTHER DAY. AFTER FURTHER SCRUTINY IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAILURE WAS IN THE BD ECLIPSE NEEDLE, LOT 1217268, EXP 7/31/2026 AS IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER NEEDLE APPEARED TO HAVE A SLIGHT BAND NEAR THE END OF THE NEEDLE, POSSIBLE INDICATING A MANUFACTURING ERROR OR BLOCKAGE. REF REPORT: MW5150471.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2477480 BD ECLIPSE NEEDLE NEEDLE, HYPODERMIC, SINGLE LUMEN FMI BECTON DICKINSON 3030701

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Male