FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

HOT DOG PATIENT WARMING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 4504229 · Received February 10, 2015

Report

Report Number
3005857264-2015-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
February 10, 2015
Date of Event
December 9, 2014
Report Date
February 5, 2015
Manufacturer
AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL & DESIGN
Product Code
DWJ
PMA / PMN Number
K112488
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ON 12/09/2015, A (B)(6) DISTRIBUTOR ADVISED AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL AND DESIGN, LLC THAT A HOSPITAL MAY CALL TO REPORT AN INCIDENT. COMPANY REQUESTED HOSPITAL CONTACT AND SPOKE WITH HOSPITAL BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER WHO INDICATED THAT A WARMING BLANKET HAD FAILED WITH VISIBLE DAMAGE ALONG ONE SIDE; NO EVENT DETAIL OR PHOTOS OF BURN PROVIDED; LATER COMMUNICATED THAT THE EVENT HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO HOSPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT. COMPANY ISSUED HOSPITAL AND PRODUCT RETURN AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE AND EVALUATE THE PRODUCT. PRODUCT AND EVENT DETAIL WERE NOT RECEIVED AND COMPANY FOLLOWED UP WITH HOSPITAL ON 9 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, INCLUDING THE RETURN OF SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE EVENT QUESTIONNAIRE TO AID EVENT INVESTIGATION AND POTENTIAL FILING. ON 01/09/2015, COMPANY REACHES HOSPITAL CLINICAL PERIOPERATIVE MANAGER WHO INFORMS COMPANY: A PATIENT INCURRED 2ND DEGREE BURN; PRODUCT WOULD NOT BE RETURNED AT THIS TIME; PRODUCT WOULD BE EVALUATED BY THIRD-PARTY AND A REPORT WOULD BE ISSUED; EVENT QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD BE ANSWERED. EVENT AWARENESS (CONFIRMATION OF INJURY) WAS DOCUMENTED AS 01/09/2015. COMPANY FOLLOW-UPS WITH HOSPITAL ADDITIONAL 3 TIMES FOR RESPONSE. ON 01/28/2015, COMPANY REACHES PERIOPERATIVE MANAGER WHO FURNISHES EVENT QUESTIONNAIRE; AT REQUEST OF COMPANY, DISTRIBUTOR FURNISHES PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHS. AS OF 02/06/2015, NEITHER PRODUCT NOR THIRD-PARTY REPORT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT (MALE, (B)(6), UNKNOWN WEIGHT) UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR A LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA. SURGERY LASTED APPROXIMATELY 57 MINUTES. PATIENT WAS WARMED WITH HOT DOG PATIENT WARMING SYSTEM (B105 BLANKET). IN RECOVERY, PATIENT COMPLAINED OF RIGHT RIB CAGE/ABDOMEN PAIN. BURN WAS OBSERVED IN A NARROW AREA OF THE WARMING BLANKET USE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
99827 HOT DOG PATIENT WARMING SYSTEM B105 BLANKET DWJ AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL & DESIGN B105 1253

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR Other OPERATING ROOM ELECTRO-SURGICAL UNIT 15A| ESU PAD: RIGHT ANTERIOR THIGH| WC52 HOT DOG MULTI-PORT CONTROLLER SN (B)(4)| OPERATING ROOM SMOKE EVACUATION SYS01