FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER

MDR report key: 4925843 · Received July 20, 2015

Report

Report Number
1419937-2015-00230
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 20, 2015
Date of Event
July 17, 2015
Report Date
July 20, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDELA INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER WAS SENT A REPLACEMENT PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER. THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT BE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFORMATION, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AT THAT TIME. IT CANNOT BE DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDED THAT THE PUMP CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE CUSTOMER'S MASTITIS. REPORTED ISSUES OF MASTITIS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN (B)(4). MASTITIS IS USUALLY A BENIGN, SELF-LIMITING INFECTION WITH FEW CONSEQUENCES FOR THE SUCKLING INFANT. THE RISK OF MASTITIS IS HIGHER AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE BREASTFED PREVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A HISTORY OR MASTITIS." RIORDAN & WAMBACH, 4TH ED. P. 294: BREASTFEEDING AND HUMAN LACTATION MASTITIS REQUIRES PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE MOTHER FOR PAIN RELIEF AND PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTICS TO AVOID PROGRESSION TO OVERWHELMING SEPSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE ON (B)(6) 2015 THAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCING LOW SUCTION WITH HER PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER. SHE CALLED BACK ON (B)(6) 2015 AND STATED THAT SHE WAS STARTING TO GET MASTITIS, HAD A LARGE LUMP ON HER BREAST, A FEVER, PAIN AND CLOGGED DUCTS. SHE VISITED HER OB/GYN AND WAS PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
469635 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER HGX HGX MEDELA INC. 57081

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other