FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

OMNIPRO

MDR report key: 2551589 · Received March 8, 2012

Report

Report Number
3005550372-2012-00005
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 8, 2012
Date of Event
February 14, 2012
Report Date
February 22, 2012
Manufacturer
BURKE L. MAYS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
GWQ
PMA / PMN Number
K050143
Removal / Correction Number
2012-05
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSIONS: EQUIPMENT PASSED STANDARDS ELECTRICAL SAFETY TESTING. PT DID RECEIVED AGGRESSIVE SENSOR ATTACHMENT AREA PREPARATION BY RUBBING TO REMOVE DRY SKIN THEN CLEANED WITH ALCOHOL WIPE. THIS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN REASON PT COMPLAINED OF BURNING SENSATION. TRUE CAUSE REMAINS UNK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012 (CORRECTION): THE PT COMPLAINED OF A BURNING SENSATION ON HER RIGHT TEMPLE. THE NURSE NOTED THAT THE PT HAD A 0.75 CM BURN. ON (B)(6) 2012, I (B)(4), RECEIVED A CALL FROM (B)(6) HOSP IN (B)(6), STATING THAT HER EEG AMPLIFIER SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4) HAD BURNED A PT'S SCALP. THE PT WAS COMPLAINING THAT DURING THE STUDY HER SCALP WAS BURNING AND AFTER THE TEST THERE WAS A SMALL CIRCLE AREA ON HER HEAD THAT RESEMBLED A BURN MARK. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH THE TECHNICIAN, SHE TOLD ME THERE WAS ALREADY A SMALL SCAB ON HER SCALP AND SHE BELIEVED THAT THE ALCOHOL USED TO PREP THE SKIN MAY HAVE CAUSED HER SCALP TO BURN, AND FOLLOWING THE STUDY SHE PULLED THE SCAB OFF WHICH MADE IT LOOK LIKE A BURN MARK. THE EQUIPMENT STILL NEEDS TO BE CHECKED AND REPLACED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH EEG AMPLIFIER SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OMNIPRO OMNIPRO/OMNIAMP (GWQ) OMNIPRO SYSTEM GWQ BURKE L. MAYS AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 360-8300 REVISION A NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 46 YR