FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CATHETER MOUNT

MDR report key: 4198418 · Received October 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
9611451-2014-00829
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 24, 2014
Date of Event
September 19, 2014
Report Date
September 24, 2014
Manufacturer
FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD
Product Code
BZO
PMA / PMN Number
K934140
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RETURNED DEVICES: 15 RT021 LOT 131113 - DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 13 NOVEMBER 2013; 18 RT021 LOT 131114 - DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 14 NOVEMBER 2013. METHOD: THIRTY THREE RT021 CATHETER MOUNTS WERE RETURNED TO FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE IN (B)(4) WHERE THEY WERE VISUALLY EXAMINED. RESULTS: VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED EXCESSIVE GLUE ON 14 (4 FROM LOT 131113 & 10 FROM LOT 131114) OF THE RETURNED RT021 CATHETER MOUNTS. NO FAULT WAS FOUND WITH THE REMAINING 19. A LOT CHECK REVEALED NO OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE FOR LOTS 131113 & 131114. CONCLUSION: ALL RT021 CATHETER MOUNTS ARE VISUALLY INSPECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR EXCESSIVE GLUE. ANY CATHETER MOUNTS THAT FAIL ARE REJECTED. THE USER INSTRUCTIONS THAT ACCOMPANY THE RT021 CATHETER MOUNT STATE THE FOLLOWING: "PERFORM A PRESSURE AND LEAK TEST ON THE BREATHING SYSTEM AND CHECK FOR OCCLUSIONS BEFORE CONNECTING TO A PATIENT". THE HOSPITAL STAFF CORRECTLY FOLLOWED OUR USER INSTRUCTIONS AND CHECKED THE RT021 CATHETER MOUNTS FOR OCCLUSIONS PRIOR TO BEING USED ON A PATIENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) REPORTED TO A FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE (FPH) REPRESENTATIVE THAT SOME RT021 CATHETER MOUNTS HAD EXCESSIVE GLUE ON THE TUBING CONNECTORS. THIS WAS FOUND PRIOR TO PATIENT USE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
678192 CATHETER MOUNT BZO BZO FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD RT021 131113

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1