FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ELECTROSURGICAL COAGULATION SUCTION TUBE W/STYLET

MDR report key: 2442 · Received February 15, 1993

Report

Report Number
2442
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 15, 1993
Date of Event
January 26, 1993
Report Date
February 3, 1993
Manufacturer
EDWARD WECK, INC.
Product Code
EKZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FLASH FIRE OCCURRED IN ORAL CAVITY-FLAMES WERE SIMUTANEOUSLY EXTINGUISHED. CAUTERY WAS REMOVED STAT FROM FIELD AND CAUTERY MACHINE DISCONNECTED. PATIENT WAS EXTUBATED AND INTUBATED PER ANESTHESIA. IN PACU, A SMALL BURN WAS NOTED ON LEFT LATERAL ASPECT OF TONGUE. EXAMINED BY DR., NO TREATMENT NEEDEDDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: SATISFACTORY CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: TELEMETRY FAILURE. CONCLUSION: NONE OR UNKNOWN. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: OTHER. THE DEVICE WAS NOT DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ELECTROSURGICAL COAGULATION SUCTION TUBE W/STYLET EKZ EDWARD WECK, INC. 809610 2H1566

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 7 YR Required Intervention