FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IV PREP WIPES

MDR report key: 2220807 · Received August 23, 2011

Report

Report Number
3006760724-2011-00028
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 23, 2011
Date of Event
April 29, 2011
Report Date
August 22, 2011
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW WOUND MANAGEMENT
Product Code
NEC
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SMITH & NEPHEW WAS CONTACTED REGARDING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED INCIDENT, WHICH WAS REPORTED AS A FIELD COMPLAINT FOR "INFECTION-GENERAL/SYSTEMIC". NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED BY THE CUSTOMER AND NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. CONTROL SAMPLES (FROM STOCK) OF ALL LOTS OF IV PREP WIPES PRODUCED AT THIS MANUFACTURING FACILITY WERE ANALYZED BY AN INDEPENDENT TEST LABORATORY AND MET FINISHED PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION FOUND. BATCH RECORDS FOR THE LOTS INDICATE ALL SPECIFICATIONS WERE MET AT THE TIME OF RELEASE AND NO INCONSISTENCIES WERE NOTED. AN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REVIEW CONCLUDED THERE WAS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THE REPORTED SYMPTOMS AND THE USE OF IV PREP WIPES. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT REPORTS BACK IN (B)(6), 2011 SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN HER BLOOD OF AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. PT REPORTS SHE MAY HAVE USED IV PREP WIPES FROM THE AFFECTED LOT NUMBERS DURING THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IV PREP WIPES BANDAGE, LIQUID, SKIN PROTECTANT NEC SMITH & NEPHEW WOUND MANAGEMENT 59421200 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization