BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    LATEX EXAM GLOVES

    MDR report key: 343395 · Received July 20, 2001

    Report

    Report Number
    1423507-2001-00198
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    July 20, 2001
    Date of Event
    November 30, 1999
    Report Date
    July 20, 2001
    Manufacturer
    ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Product Code
    LYY
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    KS, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PLAINTIFF ALLEGES THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 THEY WERE DIAGNOSED WITH LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY AND LATEX ALLERGY. THEY ALLEGE THAT DURING THEIR COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT AS A HEALTH CARE WORKER, THEY USED AND WERE EXPOSED TO LATEX GLOVES. THEY FURTHER ALLEGE THAT AS A RESULT OF THEIR USE AND EXPOSURE TO LATEX GLOVES AND RESULTING CONTACT WITH ALLERGENS RELEASED BY OR CONTAINED IS SUCH GLOVES, THEY SUSTAINED OR ACQUIRED AN ILLNESS KNOWN AS LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY WHICH HAS CAUSED THEIR PERMANENT INJURIES AND DAMAGES, INCLUDING PAST AND FUTURE PAIN, SUFFERING, DISABILITY AND LOSS OF ENJOYMENT OF LIFE; PAST WAGE LOSS AND IMPAIRMENT OF FUTURE EARNING CAPACITY; PAST AND FUTURE MEDICAL EXPENSES; AND OTHER COMPENSIBLE INJURIES, BOTH PECUNIARY AND NONPECUNIARY IN NATURE. FINALLY THE PLAINTIFF'S SPOUSE, ALLEGES THAT SPOUSE HAS SUSTAINED AND WILL IN THE FUTURE SUSTAIN DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PLAINTIFF.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    33190 LATEX EXAM GLOVES LATEX EXAM GLOVES LYY ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION UNK UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNKNOWN Other