FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RUSCH 100% SILICONE FOLEY 6 FR

MDR report key: 3231986 · Received July 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
8040412-2013-00126
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 15, 2013
Date of Event
June 4, 2013
Report Date
June 28, 2013
Manufacturer
TELEFLEX MEDICAL
Product Code
KOD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SAMPLE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY MFR IN TIME FOR THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EVENT REPORTED AS: PT WAS HAVING A URINARY CATHETER PLACED FOR VUCG TESTING. THEY HAD MADE 3 ATTEMPTS (THREE SEPARATE CATHETERS) TO PLACE CATHETER AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE CATHETER. SHE LOOSENED GUIDE WIRE AND PULLED BACK SLIGHTLY. THE CATHETER STILL COULD NOT BE ADVANCED. SHE WITHDREW THE CATHETER. WHEN SHE WITHDREW SHE SAW THAT THE GUIDE WIRE HAD GONE THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE CATHETER. A NEW SMALLER SIZED CATHETER WAS PLACED. THE TEST COMPLETED. NO PT HARM OR INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
327666 RUSCH 100% SILICONE FOLEY 6 FR FOLEY CATHETER KOD TELEFLEX MEDICAL 13AE02

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1