FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TEGADERM FILM TRANSPARENT DRESSING FRAME STYLE

MDR report key: 1902327 · Received November 12, 2010

Report

Report Number
2110898-2010-00126
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 12, 2010
Date of Event
October 7, 2010
Report Date
October 12, 2010
Manufacturer
3M HEALTH CARE
Product Code
NAD
PMA / PMN Number
K973036
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSIONS: NO EVAL WILL BE PERFORMED. DEVICE OR LOT CODE NOT PROVIDED TO MANUFACTURER FOR EVAL. COMPLAINT TYPE WILL BE MONITORED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HEALTH CARE FACILITY CUSTOMER REPORTS THAT PT'S SKIN DEVELOPED SMALL WATER BLISTERS AND REDNESS UNDER THE DRESSING, FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY. A TOTAL OF THREE TEGADERM DRESSINGS WERE APPLIED TO PT'S ABDOMEN. PT WAS TREATED IN ER FOR SIX HOURS. IN THE ER, PT'S ABDOMEN FROM HER BREASTS TO THIGHS BECAME RED WITH HIVES AND TINY BLISTERS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE PT'S ABDOMEN WAS ITCHING AND ALLEGES THAT HER SKIN HAD PEELED FROM HER ABDOMEN WHERE THERE ARE RED AREAS AND PIGMENTATION CHANGES AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE TEGADERM DRESSING HAD BEEN PLACED. CUSTOMER HAS STATED THAT SHE HAS USED TEGADERM HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND HAS NEVER HAD A REACTION. HEALTH CARE FACILITY CUSTOMER HAS REPORTED THAT THE PT'S BLISTERS, ERYTHEMA, AND ITCHING HAVE IMPROVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TEGADERM FILM TRANSPARENT DRESSING FRAME STYLE TEGADERM FILM TRANSPARENT DRESSING NAD 3M HEALTH CARE NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention IV FLUIDS| BENADRYL| IV STEROIDS| MEDROL PACK (TO BE TAKEN OVER A 5-DAY PERIOD)