FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ESSENCE COMPRESSOR

MDR report key: 3760877 · Received April 4, 2014

Report

Report Number
9681154-2014-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 4, 2014
Date of Event
March 10, 2014
Report Date
March 10, 2014
Manufacturer
RESPIRATORY DRUG DELIVERY GROUP (UK) LTD.
Product Code
CAF
PMA / PMN Number
K042655
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED IN THIS INSTANCE. DEVICE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WAS REVIEWED AND CLEARLY STATES THAT THE FILTER IS TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT PATIENT HARM AND IS CONSIDERED AS PATIENT MISUSE. MANUFACTURER CONCLUDES THAT DEVICE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ADEQUATE AND THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER F/U REPORTING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE MANUFACTURER REC'D INFO THAT AN INNOSPIRE ESSENCE NEBULIZER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL PHARMACY BY THE CARE GIVER WHERE THE PHARMACIST ATTEMPTED TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT NEBULIZER KIT. THE PHARMACIST WAS ADVISED BY A PHILIPS CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT THROUGH THEIR WHOLESALER, THEREAFTER THE PHARMACIST ALLEGEDLY CLEANED THE FILTER WITH AN ALCOHOL BASED SOLUTION, THIS ACTION WAS NOT ADVISED BY THE PHILIPS CUSTOMER SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE. THE PATIENT THEN REC'D TREATMENT FROM THIS DEVICE AND ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED FROM MINOR SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FEVER AND COUGHING. IT WAS LATER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER PATIENT HARM DURING THIS EVENT. NO PERMANENT INJURY OR PATIENT HARM WAS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
203739 ESSENCE COMPRESSOR COMPRESSOR, AIR, PORTABLE CAF RESPIRATORY DRUG DELIVERY GROUP (UK) LTD. 1095060 130117

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1