FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CARDINAL HEALTH

MDR report key: 24176853 · Received January 26, 2026

Report

Report Number
24176853
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 26, 2026
Date of Event
January 5, 2026
Report Date
January 7, 2026
Manufacturer
CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Product Code
KYR
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
IA
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

NURSE MADE "HOT PACK" USING BAG LABELED "ICE BAG" WITH WASH CLOTH INSIDE AND JUST ENOUGH WARM/HOT WATER TO WET THE WASH CLOTH INSIDE THE PACK. HOT PACK PLACED DIRECTLY ON PT SKIN. PT LEG WAS NUMB DUE TO HAVING AN EPIDURAL BLOCK SO PT WAS NOT ABLE TO FEEL HOT TEMPERATURE. SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS BLISTERING LEG. WATER AND PACK TEMPERATURE WAS PALPATED BY RN BEFORE AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. PARTS OF THE PACK WERE FOUND TO BE ABNORMALLY HOT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, AND SOME WATER HAD LEAKED OUT. CAUSE OF PACK BEING HOT ENOUGH TO BURN THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN SINCE BOILING WATER WAS NOT USED AND RN PALPATED COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE PRIOR TO ADMINISTRATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
240079 CARDINAL HEALTH BAG, ICE KYR CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 29 DA Female