FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

3M HEALTH CARE PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR AND SURGICAL MASK

MDR report key: 4792437 · Received May 15, 2015

Report

Report Number
2110898-2015-00020
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 15, 2015
Manufacturer
3M HEALTH CARE
Product Code
MSH
PMA / PMN Number
K063023
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE IS UNDERGOING AN EVAL BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED. THE EVAL OF THIS MASK HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BUT DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED FOR EVAL. CONTACT AREAS INNER WEB AND HEADBAND WERE SUBJECT TO HUMAN REPEAT INSULT PATCH TESTING (HPIRT) AND INDICATED NO CONTACT FOR SENSITIZATION BASED ON TEST SUBJECTS. USER INDICATED THEY USE A PORTACOUNT SYSTEM FOR RESPIRATOR FIT TESTING. HE DOES NOT USE THE METHOD OF EXPOSURE TO SACCHARIN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A MALE WHO WAS CONDUCTING RESPIRATOR FIT TESTING AT HIS MED CTR DONNED A 3M HEALTH CARE PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR AND SURGICAL MASK, CATALOG NUMBER 1870 ON (B)(6) 2015. WITHIN 3 MINUTES HE ALLEGED HIS FACE BURNED WHERE THE 3M SURGICAL MASK TOUCHED HIS SKIN. HE ALLEGED HIS EYES WATERED AND BURNED, HIS THROAT BECAME SCRATCHY, HE BEGAN TO SNEEZE AND HAD SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS GIVEN AN EPINEPHRINE AND INTRAVENOUS BENADRYL (DIPHENHYDRAMINE). HE WENT TO SEE AN ALLERGIST THE NEXT DAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
318004 3M HEALTH CARE PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR AND SURGICAL MASK RESPIRATOR, SURGICAL (CFR878-4040) MSH 3M HEALTH CARE NA C140221

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 28 YR Required Intervention NONE SPECIFIED