FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BD VACUTAINAER PRECISIONGLIDE SAMPLE NEEDLE

MDR report key: 4990516 · Received August 4, 2015

Report

Report Number
2243072-2015-00161
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 4, 2015
Date of Event
June 15, 2015
Report Date
August 4, 2015
Manufacturer
B D
Product Code
JKA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BR
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A SAMPLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVEALED NO IRREGULARITIES DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THE REPORTED LOT NUMBER 4273293. CONCLUSION: W/OUT A SAMPLE, AN ABSOLUTE ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS INCIDENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE FILLING A COLLECTION BOX W/BD VACUTAINER PRECISIONGLIDE SAMPLE NEEDLES, A CLINICIAN RECEIVED A NEEDLE STICK INJURY FROM A CLEAN NEEDLE BECAUSE THE NEEDLE DID NOT HAVE A SHIELD ON IT. ALTHOUGH THE NEEDLE WAS NOT USED, THE CLINICIAN RECEIVED ROUTINE POST EXPOSURE LAB WORK, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WERE NEGATIVE, AND WAS GIVEN "(B)(6)" MEDICATION BY A PHYSICIAN. OF NOTE, THIS COMPLAINT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS A MISSING COMPONENT ON (B)(6) 2015, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT THE COMPLAIN WAS NOT REPORTABLE ON (B)(6) 2015. ON 06/01/2015, ADD'L INFO WAS RECEIVED INDICATING THAT A CLEAN NEEDLE STICK INJURY OCCURRED AND THAT PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT WAS GIVEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
511459 BD VACUTAINAER PRECISIONGLIDE SAMPLE NEEDLE BLOOD COLLECTION NEEDLE JKA B D 4273293

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention