FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DEFENSE POWDERFREE NITRILE EXAM GLOVES

MDR report key: 415343 · Received September 9, 2002

Report

Report Number
MW1026081
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 9, 2002
Date of Event
September 4, 2002
Report Date
September 9, 2002
Manufacturer
IMS INC.
Product Code
LYZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE GLOVES WERE PENETRABLE. NURSES WERE INVOLVED IN A CODE SITUATION AND AFTERWARDS BLOOD WAS ON THEIR PALMS. BLUE DYE WAS PLACED ON GLOVES TO TEST THEM AND IT CAME THROUGH. NURSES WERE TESTED FOR HEPATITIS AND HIV. HOSP AND ITS RELATED FACILITIES ALL USE THESE GOVES. THEY ARE ALL ON HOLD PENDING INVESTIGATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEFENSE POWDERFREE NITRILE EXAM GLOVES EXAM GLOVE LYZ IMS INC. NA 2075-2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA