BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    ALWAYS-OPEN HORIZONTAL DROP SHARPS DISPOSABLE CONT.

    MDR report key: 187624 · Received September 15, 1998

    Report

    Report Number
    1419181-1998-00076
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    September 15, 1998
    Date of Event
    July 16, 1998
    Report Date
    September 11, 1998
    Manufacturer
    SAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Product Code
    MMK
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    NURSE

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTED DESCRIBED EVENT AS FOLLOWS AN EMPLOYEE SAW A 2/3 FULL SHARPS CONTAINER THAT WAS PLACED ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE SOILED UTILITY AREA. THE CONTAINER WAS NOT FINAL LOCKED, THEREFORE, THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP THE CONTAINER AND WENT TO FINAL LOCK IT. AS HE DID THIS HE HELD IT SIDEWAYS AGAINST HIS STOMACH, AND WENT TO PUSH IN THE FLAP. AT THAT TIME HE REPORTEDLY REC'D A NEEDLESTICK TO HIS ABDOMEN FROM A NEEDLE/SYRINGE THAT HAD PUNCTURED THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE OF WHEN THE NEEDLE/SYRINGE PUNCTURED THE CONTAINER, AS HE WAS GOING TO FINAL LOCK THE CONTAINER, OR BEFORE HE PICKED UP THE CONTAINER.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ALWAYS-OPEN HORIZONTAL DROP SHARPS DISPOSABLE CONT. SHARPS DISPOSABLE CONTAINER MMK SAGE PRODUCTS, INC. 8967-1 UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNKNOWN