FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNVISC-ONE 48 MG/6ML

MDR report key: 3233872 · Received July 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5030917
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 12, 2013
Date of Event
December 28, 2012
Report Date
July 12, 2013
Manufacturer
GENZYME CORP
Product Code
MOZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6) FEMALE SEEN IN PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE FOR KNEE INJECTION OF SYNVISC ON (B)(6) 2012. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH PAIN AND SWELLING OF INJECTED KNEE. HAD SURGERY FOR A WASHOUT AND PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY; C AND S OF KNEE ASPIRATE GREW STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS AND STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS. HAD GOOD OUTCOME FOLLOWING 9 WEEKS OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. THE SYNVISC MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. DOSE OR AMOUNT: 48 MG, FREQUENCY: ONCE, ROUTE: INTRA-ARTICULAR. DATES OF USE: ONE-TIME INJECTION (B)(6) 2012.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
321913 SYNVISC-ONE 48 MG/6ML NONE MOZ GENZYME CORP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Hospitalization| R