FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTEGUSEAL MICROBIAL SKIN SEALANT 200IN 4

MDR report key: 5022754 · Received August 21, 2015

Report

Report Number
3011270181-2015-00016
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 21, 2015
Report Date
July 24, 2015
Manufacturer
HALYARD HEALTH
Product Code
NZP
PMA / PMN Number
PK052870
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE SAMPLES WERE RECEIVED WITH THE PLUNGER FULLY DEPRESSED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CYANOACRYLATE DISPENSING ON THE SPONGE APPLICATOR OR ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSING. THE SIDE WELDS WERE INTACT WITH NO BULGING. HALYARD HEALTH HAS NO INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT REPORTED BUT IS RELAYING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE USER FACILITY WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS PRODUCT INCIDENT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE HALYARD HEALTH COMPLAINT DATABASE AND IDENTIFIED AS (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HALYARD RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT PATIENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 3011270181-2015-00016 FOR THE FIRST REPORT. REFER TO 3011270181-2015-00017 FOR THE SECOND REPORT. A REPORT WAS RECEIVED ALLEGING THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHEST INFECTIONS. NO SPECIFICS ON THE INFECTIONS WERE PROVIDED NOR THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES. THE TIMING OF THE INCREASE CORRESPONDS WITH INTRODUCTION ON THE MICROBIAL SKIN SEALANT PRODUCT INTO OPERATING ROOM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONCE IN A WHILE, THE INTEGUSEAL WOULD REMOVE SKIN FROM ELDERLY PATIENTS. EXACT DATE/NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES WAS UNKNOWN. REGARDING THE SKIN REMOVAL, IT WAS IN COMBINATION WITH THE IOBAN BEING REMOVED. THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT THE FACILITY CHANGED THEIR CLINICAL PRACTICES. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
555200 INTEGUSEAL MICROBIAL SKIN SEALANT 200IN 4 MICROBIAL SEALANT NZP HALYARD HEALTH 33737 P00202365

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1