FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PUMP, BREAST, POWERED

MDR report key: 2029494 · Received March 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1419937-2011-00016
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 22, 2011
Date of Event
May 6, 2009
Report Date
February 23, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDELA, INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
UNK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE BREAST PUMP DEVICE THAT THE MOTHER USED TO EXPRESS MILK INTO THE BOTTLES IS UNK. THE BREAST PUMP KITS CLAIMED TO BE USED WERE EITHER: (B)(4) SYMPHONY STERILE KIT; OR (B)(4) SYMPHONY/LACTINA DOUBLE STERILE KIT; OR (B)(4) LACTINA DOUBLE PUMP STERILE KIT; OR (B)(4) UNIVERSAL STERILE PUMP KIT. THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT BE REC'D, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFORMATION, A F/U REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6). A BABY BOY WAS BORN ON (B)(6) 2009, AT A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6). DUE TO HIS PREMATURITY, THE BABY WAS ADMITTED TO THE SPECIAL CARE NURSERY. ON (B)(6) 2009, THE BABY'S MOTHER BEGAN USING A BREAST PUMP, ALONG WITH A BREAST PUMP KIT, TO EXPRESS HER BREAST MILK INTO BOTTLES. THE BREAST MILK WAS FED TO THE BABY, VIA BOTH BOTTLE AND NASOGASTRIC TUBE; SOME WAS FROZEN. ON (B)(6) 2009, THE BABY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SERRATIA SEPSIS AND MENINGITIS. THE BABY EXPIRED ON (B)(6) 2009.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PUMP, BREAST, POWERED UNKNOWN HGX MEDELA, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 6 DA Death