FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PREVENTION PLUS GOWN

MDR report key: 3918925 · Received June 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
1417592-2014-00063
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 30, 2014
Date of Event
May 1, 2014
Report Date
June 20, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Product Code
FYA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRIOR TO CLOSING A SURGICAL SPINE INCISION, THE SURGEON NOTICED A PIECE OF MATERIAL IN THE WOUND. A FORCEP WAS USED TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF MATERIAL. THERE WAS NO MEDICAL TREATMENT INITIATED. THE PIECE OF MATERIAL WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE OR CONFIRM THAT THE PIECE OF MATERIAL CAME FROM THE GOWN THAT THE SURGEON WAS WEARING. A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. WE HAVE HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT THE GOWN CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED INCIDENT. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE NEED FOR A PIECE OF MATERIAL BEING REMOVED FROM A BODY CAVITY, AND IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THIS MEDWATCH IS BEING FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PIECE OF MATERIAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE SURGICAL SITE PRIOR TO CLOSING THE WOUND.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
378905 PREVENTION PLUS GOWN FYA MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC. UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK