FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

EPOCH XP

MDR report key: 1865027 · Received September 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
1865027
Date Received
September 28, 2010
Date of Event
May 11, 2010
Report Date
September 28, 2010
Manufacturer
AXON SYSTEMS
Product Code
GWE
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE TECHNICIAN PLACED THE UNIT AT THE FRONT OF THE HEAD OF THE PATIENT; THE UNIT IS MANUFACTURED WITHOUT PROTECTION OF OVERSPRAY FROM SUCTION IRRIGATION SO WHEN THE UNIT WAS SPRAYED, IT SHORTED OUT SOME OF THE ELECTRODES AND CAUSED FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO THE PATIENT'S EAR, BACK AND SCALP.======================HEALTH PROFESSIONAL'S IMPRESSION======================DID NOT REALIZE THE UNIT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE STERILE DRAPING; THEREFORE, DID NOT NOTICE THE BURNING TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EPOCH XP STIMULATOR, PHOTIC, EVOKED RESPONSE GWE AXON SYSTEMS EPOCH XP *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 46 YR