FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ENDOSCOPIC (TEE) PROBE

MDR report key: 324774 · Received June 15, 2001

Report

Report Number
1218950-2001-00119
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 15, 2001
Date of Event
December 11, 2000
Report Date
March 9, 2001
Manufacturer
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
ITX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE PT HAD A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM USING THE "TEE" PROBE THAT HAD BEEN DISINFECTED WITH CIDEX "OPA." DISCOLORATION OF ORAL MUCOSA ESOPHAGUS WAS NOTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE RESULTS OF DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY WERE NORMAL, BUT ONE WEEK LATER, THERE WAS EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS ON ENDOSCOPY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
27479 TRANSESOPHAGEAL ENDOSCOPIC (TEE) PROBE DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ITX AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 21369A NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 21 YR Other