FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BULB IRRIGATION SYRINGE, 60 CC

MDR report key: 29250 · Received January 4, 1996

Report

Report Number
MW1008059
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 4, 1996
Date of Event
December 28, 1995
Report Date
December 29, 1995
Manufacturer
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Product Code
KYZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FINGER GRIP TABS AREA TEARING THROUGH THE STERILE PACKAGE OF 60 CC BULB IRRIGATION SYRINGES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. RPTR ALSO HAD ONE WITH A TEAR IN THE PACKAGE AT THE TIP OF THE BULB SYRINGE. THIS IS A DISPOSABLE ITEM SO THE CONTENTS ARE CONTAMINATED AND UNUSABLE. RPTR HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH PREVIOUS BRANDS OR WITH THIS BRAND UNTIL RECENTLY. TORN PACKAGES WITH CONTENTS AND A COPY OF THIS REPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BULB IRRIGATION SYRINGE, 60 CC IRRIGATION SYRINGE KYZ PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 512743 X 2 AND 511119

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *