FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BARDEX I.C. COMPLETE CARE

MDR report key: 2517359 · Received March 23, 2012

Report

Report Number
2517359
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 23, 2012
Date of Event
March 21, 2012
Report Date
March 22, 2012
Manufacturer
BARD MEDICAL DIVISION
Product Code
KOD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT WAS PREPPED FOR FOLEY CATHETER INSERTION. THE BALLOON WAS TESTED BY THE NURSE BY INJECTING AIR INTO IT AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED IN THE PT. AS THE NURSE WAS FILLING THE BALLOON WITH SALINE, SHE HEARD A STRANGE NOISE AND THE CATHETER CAME OUT WHEN TENSION WAS APPLIED. THE BREAK IN THE BALLOON WAS VISIBLE. THE NURSE STATED SHE HAD INJECTED BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN ML OF SALINE INTO THE BALLOON WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BARDEX I.C. COMPLETE CARE FOLEY CATHETER KOD BARD MEDICAL DIVISION * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 84 YR NO OTHER THERAPIES