FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

OCM STERILIZER

MDR report key: 249511 · Received November 11, 1999

Report

Report Number
1017522-1999-00117
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 11, 1999
Date of Event
October 13, 1999
Report Date
November 11, 1999
Manufacturer
PELTON & CRANE, A DCI CO.
Product Code
FLE
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SERVICE REP INFORMED PELTON & CRANE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A 16 1/2 YEAR OLD OCM STERILIZER OF WHICH THE DOOR BLEW OPEN UNDER PRESSURE. THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE TOLD HIM THAT THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE THE STERILIZER IS LOCATED AND FOUND THE DOOR AJAR. THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE INSIDE THE STERILIZER CHAMBER WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE ROOM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OCM STERILIZER STEAM STERILIZER FLE PELTON & CRANE, A DCI CO. A3 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA