FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP GO TOTE

MDR report key: 3883578 · Received June 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1419937-2014-00486
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 9, 2014
Date of Event
June 2, 2014
Report Date
June 3, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDELA, INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MEDELA CUSTOMER SERVICE SENT 21 MM BREAST SHIELDS TO THE CUSTOMER AND RECOMMENDED HER TO GET FITTED BY A LACTATION CONSULTANT. THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL/ INVESTIGATION. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. CUSTOMER FOLLOW UP WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFO OR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT BE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFO, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AT THAT TIME. "MASTITIS IS USUALLY A BENIGN, SELF-LIMITING INFECTION, WITH FEW CONSEQUENCES FOR SUCKLING INFANT. THE RISK MASTITIS IS HIGHER AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE BREASTFED PREVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF MASTITIS". [BREASTFEEDING AND HUMAN LACTATION" (RIORDAN AND WAMBACH, 4TH EDITION, PAGE 294)]. IT CANNOT BE DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDED THAT THE PUMP CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE CUSTOMER'S MASTITIS. REPORTED ISSUES OF MASTITIS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER STATED SHE IS GETTING LOWER MILK EXPRESSION AND HER DOCTOR HAS DIAGNOSED HER WITH A MASTITIS INFECTION AND TREATED HER WITH ANTIBIOTICS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
334000 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP GO TOTE HGX MEDELA, INC. 57063

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1