FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BARD NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBE

MDR report key: 21839606 · Received April 15, 2025

Report

Report Number
21839606
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 15, 2025
Date of Event
February 26, 2025
Report Date
April 9, 2025
Manufacturer
C. R. BARD, INC.
Product Code
BSS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MO
Reporter Occupation
NURSE
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

AFTER PLACING AN OGT [OROGASTRIC TUBE] FOR GASTRIC DECOMPRESSION, THE OGT WAS VERIFIED WITH A KUB [KIDNEY, URETER, AND BLADDER X-RAY] AND THEN HOOKED UP TO SUCTION AND WHISTLING WAS NOTED, AND THE SUCTION WAS NOT WORKING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TUBE, THE OPENING BETWEEN THE CLEAR PART OF THE TUBE AND THE PIGTAIL WAS TORN IN TWO PLACES, CAUSING THE AIR FROM THE SUCTION TO PULL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE TORN TUBE RATHER THAN FROM THE PT'S (PATIENT'S) STOMACH. THE TUBE HAD TO BE REMOVED, REPLACED, AND RE-VERIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
114329 BARD NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBE TUBE, NASOGASTRIC BSS C. R. BARD, INC. 0042180 NGJV3240

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown