FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CONTINUOUS NERVE BLOCK KIT

MDR report key: 3190516 · Received June 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
1036844-2013-00206
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 21, 2013
Date of Event
May 24, 2013
Report Date
June 20, 2013
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
CAZ
PMA / PMN Number
K021567
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE ANESTHESIA TECH HAS HAD A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE GLASS VIALS OF MEDICATION IN HIS KIT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE VIAL OF 1% LIDOCAINE, THE ENTIRE VIAL CRUSHED IN HIS HAND. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THIS CAUSED A DELAY IN TREATMENT TO THE PT AND THERE WAS NO PT DEATH OR COMPLICATIONS REPORTED. THEE WAS NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED BY THE ANESTHESIA TECH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
283724 CONTINUOUS NERVE BLOCK KIT ANESTHESIA PRODUCTS CAZ ARROW INTL., INC. NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK