FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LATEX EXAM GLOVES

MDR report key: 362813 · Received November 29, 2001

Report

Report Number
1423507-2001-00279
Event Type
Other
Date Received
November 29, 2001
Date of Event
July 31, 2000
Report Date
November 29, 2001
Manufacturer
ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
LYY
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NV, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PLAINTIFF ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING AS A NURSE, PLAINTIFF WAS EXPOSED TO LATEX GLOVES, AND DEVDELOPED A TYPE 1 LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY. PLAINTIFF ALLEGES THAT PLAINTIFF WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2000, WITH TYPE 1 LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY. PLAINTIFF ALSO ALLEGES THAT PLAINTIFF HAS EXPERIENCED OR IS AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING SKIN RASHES, HIVES, SWELLING, ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS DIFFICULTY BREATHING, WHEEZING, AND COUGHING, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK, AND DEATH. PLAINTIFF FURTHER ALLEGES DAMAGES SUFFERED, SUSTAINED, AND INCURRED, AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE TO SUFFER, SUSTAIN AND INCUR, PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING, MENTAL ANGUISH, REASONABLE AND NECESSARY MEDICAL EXPENSES, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, PHYSICAL DISFIGUREMENT, AND LOSS OF EARNINGS AND/OR EARNING CAPACITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
53867 LATEX EXAM GLOVES LATEX EXAM GLOVES LYY ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other