FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HIGH-FLO SUBCUTANEOUS SAFETY NEEDLE SETS

MDR report key: 4938210 · Received July 22, 2015

Report

Report Number
1318360-2015-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2015
Date of Event
March 29, 2014
Report Date
July 21, 2015
Manufacturer
REPRO-MED SYSTEMS, INC. (DBA RMS MEDICAL PRODUCTS)
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K122404
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURER'S 2014-2015 COMPLAINT FILE IDENTIFIED THIS EVENT AS REPORTABLE 06/23/2015.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS USING HIGH-FLO SUBCUTANEOUS SAFETY NEEDLE SET, MODEL NUMBER RMS3-2609, WITH RMS' FREEDOM60 SYRINGE INFUSION SYSTEM, MODEL NUMBER F10050. UPON THE COMPLETION OF INFUSION, PATIENT REMOVED ADMINISTRATION SET BUT COULD NOT REMOVE ONE OF THE THREE NEEDLES. THE NEEDLE THE PATIENT COULD NOT REMOVE WAS IN HER THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER ABDOMEN. PATIENT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THE NEEDLE WAS REMOVED, AND PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED THE SAME DAY. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DISCHARGE PLAN INDICATES PATIENT WAS ADVISED TO RESUME PRIOR CARE PLAN. THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ONE OTHER OCCASION IN WHICH SHE HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING A NEEDLE FROM HER RIGHT ABDOMEN. SUSPECT DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND EVALUATED. DEVICE CONFORMS TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE PATIENT WAS CONTACTED AGAIN ON 06/23/2015. NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WERE INDICATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
475890 HIGH-FLO SUBCUTANEOUS SAFETY NEEDLE SETS INTRAVASCULAR ADMINISTGRATION SET FPA REPRO-MED SYSTEMS, INC. (DBA RMS MEDICAL PRODUCTS) RMS3-2609 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Other FREEDOM60 SYRINGE INFUSION SYSTEM