FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NEO/ADULT OXY SENSOR MODEL MAX N

MDR report key: 4081137 · Received September 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
2936999-2014-00801
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2014
Date of Event
July 8, 2014
Report Date
August 8, 2014
Manufacturer
COVIDIEN
Product Code
DQA
PMA / PMN Number
K052186
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NO PRODUCT RETURNED FOR EVAL. IT IS UNK WHAT THE WEIGHT OF THE CHILD IS. THE LOT NUMBER IS UNK, SO THE MFR DATE IS UNK. THE SENSOR WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LAB IN THE HOSPITAL AND INVESTIGATION WAS DONE. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM ON THE SENSOR ITSELF. PER OXIMAX MAX-N DIRECTIONS FOR USE: INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS. THE NELLCOR OXIMAX NEONATAL/'ADULT OXYGEN SENSOR, MODEL MAX-N, IS INDICATED FOR SINGLE PT USE WHEN CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION AND PULSE RATE MONITORING ARE REQUIRED FOR NEONATES WEIGHING LESS THAN 3 KG OR ADULTS WEIGHING MORE THAN 40 KG.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO COVIDIEN THAT A FEMALE PT (4 MONTHS OLD) HAD MRI ON (B)(6). SHE HAD OXI-SENSOR ON HER RIGHT THUMB FOR OXIMETER SETUP. AFTER MRI, THE NURSE CONNECTED OXI-SENSOR WITH THE MONITOR BUT SPO2 AND HR MEASUREMENTS DID NOT DISPLAY. WHEN SHE WAS CHECKING THE SENSOR TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE, SHE FOUND THE DISCOLORATION (FROM BURNING) ON PT'S RIGHT THUMB. THE PT HAD AN ARM BOARD ON HER RIGHT HAD TO FIX IV SITE. THE PROXIMAL PART OF THE PT'S THUMB HAD A DISCOLORATION AND IT WAS NOT RIGID LIKE A NORMAL FINGER. THE DISTAL PART OF THE THUMB (CLOSE TO THE NAIL AND THE KNUCKLE), WHERE THE OXI-SENSOR WAS WRAPPED, TURNED INTO A REDISH-BLUE COLOR. THERE WAS NO EDEMA ON THE IV SITE. PROFESSOR USED A BLADE 11 TO CHECK THE CIRCULATION AND DID A MILD INCISION ON THE THUMB. THERE WAS NO BLOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
543267 NEO/ADULT OXY SENSOR MODEL MAX N MAX-N OXYGEN SENSOR DQA COVIDIEN MAX-N

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 4 MO Required Intervention