FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNIFINE PENTIPS 8MM

MDR report key: 4768657 · Received April 29, 2015

Report

Report Number
1058602-2015-00006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 29, 2015
Date of Event
April 13, 2015
Report Date
April 15, 2015
Manufacturer
OWEN MUMFORD LTD
Product Code
FMI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER INJECTION SHE PULLED THE PEN AWAY FROM HER SKIN AND NOTICED THE NEEDLE WAS EMBEDDED INTO HER SKIN. SHE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE THE NEEDLE REMOVED BUT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN BY A DOCTOR BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAS TOO BUSY. SHE STATED SHE HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH HER REGULAR DOCTOR ON (B)(6). A MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE WAS EMAILED TO THE CONSUMER AND REQUEST FOR COMPLETION AND RETURN OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE RETURN OF THE OFFENDING DEVICES. F/U WITH THE CONSUMER ON 04/22/2015, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WENT TO HER REGULAR DOCTOR AND THAT THE NEEDLE IS STILL IN HER STOMACH BECAUSE HER DOCTOR CANNOT REMOVE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DEEP AND MAY BE IT WILL COME OUT ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAS HAD (B)(6) AND STAPH TWICE AND DOCTORS ARE HESITANT TO CUT ON HER. MFR #: 8021764-2015-00006.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
283655 UNIFINE PENTIPS 8MM PEN NEEDLES FMI OWEN MUMFORD LTD AN 3530 1404736.K197

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Other