FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PLATE-DRAPE

MDR report key: 487907 · Received October 6, 2003

Report

Report Number
487907
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 6, 2003
Date of Event
December 1, 2002
Report Date
December 1, 2002
Manufacturer
O.R. SOLUTIONS, INC
Product Code
KKX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT UNDERWENT A RENAL TRANSPLANT. PERFORATION OF SURGICAL FLUID BARRIER DRAPE WAS NOTED AFTER THE CASE HAD ENDED. THE SURGICAL FIELD AND WOUND WERE POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED. HUSH-SLUSH DRAPE TO COVER AN ELECTRIC ICE MAKER AND FLUID WARMER COMBINATION (ICE TO COOL THE KIDNEY AND WARMTH TO HEAT THE SALINE FOR IRRIGATION). THE DRAPE WAS DISCARDED FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE OPERATION. THE PT WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY AS A PROPHYLACTIC MEASURE. DEVICE USAGE PROBLEM: DEVICE MALFUNCTION-THAT IS, THE DEVICE DID NOT DO WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PLATE-DRAPE SOLUTION DRAPE KKX O.R. SOLUTIONS, INC H3204102D *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Other