FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP

MDR report key: 3931815 · Received June 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
1419937-2014-00512
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 24, 2014
Date of Event
June 13, 2014
Report Date
June 16, 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

THE CUSTOMER WAS SENT A REPLACEMENT BREAST PUMP. THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT WSA NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT BE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFORMATION, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AT THAT TIME. 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). MASTITIS IS USUALLY A BENIGN, SELF-LIMITING INFECTION WITH FEW CONSEQUENCES FOR THE SUCKLING INFANT. THE RISK OF MASTITIS IS HIGHER AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE BREASTFED PREVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A HISTORY OR MASTITIS. RIORDAN AND WAMBACH, 4TH ED P294: BREASTFEEDING AND HUMAN LACTATION. MASTITIS REQUIRES PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE MOTHER FOR PAIN RELIEF AND PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTICS TO AVOID PROGRESSION TO OVERWHELMING SEPSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT SHE EXPERIENCED LOW SUCTION WITH HER PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP AND SHE DEVELOPED MASTITIS, FOR WHICH SHE IS TAKING ANTIBIOTICS AS PRESCRIBED BY HER PHYSICIAN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
368748 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP HGX MEDELA, INC. 57063

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other