FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CAST AND BANDAGE PROTECTOR

MDR report key: 4006329 · Received August 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
1417592-2014-00076
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 6, 2014
Date of Event
July 1, 2014
Report Date
August 6, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Product Code
KIA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

APLIGRAF HAD BEEN APPLIED TO A LEFT FOOT WOUND ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. LAST MONTH WHILE SHOWERING, THE END USER STATED HE FELT WATER INSIDE THE PROTECTOR. HIS DRESSING BECAME WET AND THE APLIGRAF ON HIS FOOT HAD TO BE REAPPLIED. THE PROTECTOR WAS NOT RETURNED TO USE FOR EVAL. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF IT WAS APPLIED CORRECTLY OR IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THE PROTECTOR PRIOR TO OR DURING USE. A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. WE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT A DEFECT EXISTED BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION THIS MEDWATCH IS BEING FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE DRESSING BECAME WET WHILE SHOWERING AND THE APLIGRAF WAS REPLACED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
459032 CAST AND BANDAGE PROTECTOR KIA MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC. UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Required Intervention