FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP GO TOTE

MDR report key: 3022798 · Received March 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
1419937-2013-00167
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 22, 2013
Date of Event
February 12, 2013
Report Date
February 12, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDELA, INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CUSTOMER SERVICE SENT THE CUSTOMER REPLACEMENT PARTS/ACCESSORIES. IN FOLLOW UP WITH THE CUSTOMER, SHE INDICATED THAT HER BABY HAS BEEN TREATED FOR THRUSH AND SHE HERSELF HAS HAD RECURRENT YEAST INFECTIONS WHICH BEGAN IN (B)(6) OF 2012. HER CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE DIAGNOSED THE YEAST INFECTIONS AND PRESCRIBED DIFLUCAN, AN ALL-PURPOSE NIPPLE OINTMENT, NYSTATIN, GENTIAN VIOLET AND CLOTRIMAZOLE AS TREATMENTS. ALL ARE OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NYSTATIN. AT THE TIME OF CONTACT, THE CUSTOMER INDICATED THAT SHE HAS "TENTATIVELY HEALED." CLINICAL STAFF ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE CUSTOMER, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. INSTEAD, AN E-MAIL WAS SENT WITH EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION REGARDING THRUSH IN NURSING BABIES AND MOTHERS USING BREAST PUMPS. ADDITIONALLY, PROPER CARE FOR BOTH MOTHER AND BABY AND METICULOUS PUMP HYGIENE ADVICE WAS PROVIDED. IT CANNOT BE DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDED THAT THE PUMP CAUSED, OR CONTRIBUTED TO, THE YEAST INFECTIONS. COMPLAINTS WILL BE MONITORED FOR SIMILAR ISSUES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT HER BABY HAS THRUSH AND HER LACTATION CONSULTANT INDICATED THAT IT IS "PROBABLY FROM THE [BREAST] PUMP."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
119679 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP GO TOTE HGX MEDELA, INC. 57063

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other