FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SALTER LABS CONNECTOR

MDR report key: 4289106 · Received November 25, 2014

Report

Report Number
3000219639-2014-00011
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 25, 2014
Date of Event
June 2, 2012
Report Date
November 25, 2014
Manufacturer
SALTER LABS
Product Code
CAT
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 11/20/2014 SALTER LABS WAS INFORMED OF AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SALTER LABS HAS RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION. NATURE OF THE EVENT: A PT'S FAMILY REPORTED THAT A PT WAS USING OXYGEN EQUIPMENT WHEN SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE EQUIPMENT CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES INCLUDING BURNS TO THE PT'S FACE AND BODY. THE PT DIED A DAY AFTER OF THIS INCIDENT. THE OXYGEN EQUIPMENT INCLUDED: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), TWO CANNULAS (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), A 25' OXYGEN TUBING CONNECTOR (NON-SALTER LABS BRANDED), AND A CONNECTOR SALTER LABS BRANDED. SALTER LABS HAS NOT RECEIVED THE CONNECTOR FOR ANALYSIS. SALTER LABS HAS NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
766002 SALTER LABS CONNECTOR CONNECTOR CAT SALTER LABS UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death AND TWO CANNULAS.| INCLUDED AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR, 25' TUBING,| THE CONNECTOR WAS PART OF AN OXYGEN CIRCUIT THAT