FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BOVIE

MDR report key: 425627 · Received September 30, 2002

Report

Report Number
425627
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 30, 2002
Date of Event
September 5, 2002
Report Date
September 13, 2002
Manufacturer
AARON MEDICAL INDUSTRIES
Product Code
GEI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT IN OR FOR REMOVAL OF LESION LEFT LOWER EYELID. PROCEDURE VERY BLOODY. PT WEARING AN OXYGEN MASK WHICH HAD BEEN SHORTENED TO ALLOW SURGEON ACCESS TO THE LOWER LID. COTTON TIP APPLICATOR PLACED IN THE WOUND TO DAB THE BLOOD. CAUTERY PLACED IN THE WOUND AND A FLASH OCCURRED. THE COTTON APPLICATOR AND OXYGEN MASK BURNED RAPIDLY. PT SUSTAINED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO UPPER LID AND LOWER NOSE AREA AS WELL AS FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO CHEEKS AND CHIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BOVIE HAND HELD CAUTERY GEI AARON MEDICAL INDUSTRIES AA01 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Hospitalization| R OXYGEN.| COTTON TIPPED APPLICATOR-SOLON MFG CO AIRLIFE| ADULT OXYGEN MASK-ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORP,