BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    1 QT N/S CONTAINER RED 100

    MDR report key: 373964 · Received January 22, 2002

    Report

    Report Number
    1424643-2002-00004
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    January 22, 2002
    Report Date
    January 12, 2002
    Manufacturer
    TYCO HEALTHCARE
    Product Code
    MMK
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    ND, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED TO TYCO KENDALL IN 2002 THAT A STAFF MEMBER HAD SUSTAINED A DIRTY NEEDLESTICK. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT THE NEEDLE OF A LARGE (I.M.) SIZED NEEDLE, ATTACHED TO A SYRINGE, HAD PUSHED THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE CONTAINER. THE SHARPS CONTAINER WAS STATED TO HAVE BEEN 3/4 FULL, AND WAS HELD IN A BRACKET ON THE SIDE OF A GLUCOMETER TRAY. THE NURSE THEN BRUSHED UP AGAINST THE SHARPS CONTAINER AND SUSTAINED A NEEDLESTICK.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 1 QT N/S CONTAINER RED 100 SHARPS CONTAINER MMK TYCO HEALTHCARE * UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 * Other