FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GRAFTON DBM PUTTY

MDR report key: 2589893 · Received May 22, 2012

Report

Report Number
2246640-2012-00007
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2012
Date of Event
August 15, 2011
Report Date
April 23, 2012
Manufacturer
OSTEOTECH, INC.
Product Code
NUN
PMA / PMN Number
K051188
Removal / Correction Number
2246640-042612-001-R
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS REPORTED BY THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF RELATED PATIENT INJURIES REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE EVENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE COMPANY AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT ORIGINALLY OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURING AND LABORATORY TESTING RECORDS FOR THE SUBJECT GRAFT WERE REVIEWED, AND INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURE AND MET ALL REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS. THE DONOR TISSUE WAS PRE-TREATED WITH GAMMA IRRADIATION PRIOR TO PROCESSING. THERE WERE NO DEFICIENCIES, IRREGULARITIES OR NON-CONFORMANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESSING OF THIS GRAFT. DONOR SUITABILITY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND THE DONOR MET ALL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. THE TISSUE RECOVERY ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDED THE DONOR TISSUE TO THE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT, AND NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF INFECTION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY, OR THE RECOVERY ORGANIZATION, INVOLVING THIS DONOR TISSUE. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, THE COMPANY'S (B)(4) HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THE GRAFT WAS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE PATIENT'S INFECTION. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED, AND THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS AFTER RECEIVING BONE VOID FILLER DURING A REPAIR OF A RIGHT CLAVICLE FRACTURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH WOUND DRAINAGE. PATIENT WAS PLACED ON ORAL ANTIBIOTICS AND READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL 9 DAYS LATER FOR IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT, AND REMOVAL OF THE HARDWARE AND GRAFT MATERIAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GRAFTON DBM PUTTY DEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX ALLOGRAFT NUN OSTEOTECH, INC. 1CC OTSM00787784106

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20 YR Hospitalization| R HARDWARE