FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BD NEXIVA CLOSED IV ACCESS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2182541 · Received July 20, 2011

Report

Report Number
1710034-2011-00064
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 20, 2011
Date of Event
July 13, 2011
Report Date
July 20, 2011
Manufacturer
BECTON DICKINSON INFUSION THERAPY SYSTEMS
Product Code
FOZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SAMPLE WAS DESTROYED, AND THEREFORE, NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. ADDITIONAL INFO REGARDING THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. IF ADDITIONAL INFO IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ER NIGHT SUPERVISOR PLACED THE BD NEXIVA DEVICE INTO THE PT AND ATTACHED A SYRINGE TO FLUSH. ASPIRATION AND BLOOD CONFIRMATION WAS FINE, HOWEVER, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO FLUSH THE LINE CLEAR, A MIXTURE OF SALINE AND BLOOD SPLASHED HIM IN THE EYE. THE CLINICIAN VERIFIED THAT THE BD Q-SYTE DEVICE WAS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE LUER ADAPTER AND THAT THE SYRINGE FULLY LUER-LOCKED TO THE BD Q-SYTE DEVICE. THE CLINICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE SYRINGE ASPIRATED WITHOUT RESISTANCE, BUT LEAKED AND SPLASHED DURING THE FLUSH. INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST RESULTING IN MUCOCUTANEOUS EXPOSURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BD NEXIVA CLOSED IV ACCESS SYSTEM INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER FOZ BECTON DICKINSON INFUSION THERAPY SYSTEMS NA 0351894

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other