FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

CLEAR CARE

MDR report key: 2878123 · Received December 12, 2012

Report

Report Number
MW5028216
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 12, 2012
Date of Event
January 1, 2012
Report Date
September 7, 2012
Product Code
LPN
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER CAREGIVERS

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ACTUAL ERROR: YES. DESCRIPTION: MY WIFE ACCIDENTALLY PUT CLEAR CARE IN HER EYE THINKING IT WAS THE NORMAL SOLUTION. WE HAVE BOTH. SHE HAD HER CONTACTS OUT AND COULD NOT READ THE LABEL ON THE CLEAR CARE BOTTLE, WHICH LOOKS JUST LIKE THE OTHER CONTACT LENS SOLUTION BOTTLES. MEDICATION ADMINISTERED TO OR USED BY THE PATIENT: NO. WHEN AND HOW WAS ERROR DISCOVERED: SEVERE PAIN IN HER EYE TOLD HER SHE USED THE WRONG BOTTLE. HOURS LATER HER EYE IS STILL BURNING. LEVEL OF STAFF WHO DISCOVERED THE ERROR: CONSUMER/FAMILY MEMBER/CAREGIVER. WHO INTERVENED: CONSUMER/FAMILY MEMBER/CAREGIVER. REPORTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS: SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! PERHAPS THE SHAPE OF THE NOZZLE COULD BE CHANGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CLEAR CARE CIBA VISION LPN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1