FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYSMEX SP-1000I

MDR report key: 3640823 · Received February 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
3009711478-2014-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 6, 2014
Date of Event
January 2, 2014
Report Date
January 2, 2014
Manufacturer
SYSMEX CORPORATION
Product Code
GKZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO EVIDENCE WAS PROVIDED TO SUGGEST THAT AN ACTUAL DEVICE FAILURE OCCURRED OR THAT THE DEVICE FAILED TO PERFORM WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. THE USER REPORTED THE SAMPLE BECAME STUCK FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON AND INTERVENED TO PREVENT AN ERROR FROM OCCURRING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER OF A SP-1000I AUTOMATED SLIDE PREPARER REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2014 THAT THE INSTRUMENT'S CAP PIERCER STUCK A USER'S HAND. THE USER NOTED THAT A SAMPLE TUBE HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE TUBE CLAMP, WHICH PICKS UP THE TUBE FROM THE SAMPLE RACK AND DELIVERS IT TO BE MIXED AND TO THE CAP PIERCER. THE USER ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE TUBE THAT WAS STUCK WHILE THE INSTRUMENT WAS IN OPERATION DURING THE RINSE SEQUENCE. THE USER SAW A PHYSICIAN AFTER THE EVENT, ALTHOUGH THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE USER STATED THAT THE BLOOD THAT WAS SAMPLED DID NOT CONTAIN BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS, SO THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT REQUIRE ANTI-VIRAL PROPHYLAXIS. THE SITE'S INTERNAL POLICY FOR NEEDLE STICKS WAS FOLLOWED. RESULTS OF TESTING FROM THE OPERATOR OR THE SOURCE FOR (B)(6) WERE NOT PROVIDED. THIS POLICY WAS REQUESTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
78375 SYSMEX SP-1000I AUTO HEMATOLOGY SILDE PREPARATION UNIT GKZ SYSMEX CORPORATION SP-1000I

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other