FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER

MDR report key: 5114067 · Received September 30, 2015

Report

Report Number
1419937-2015-00285
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 30, 2015
Date of Event
September 2, 2015
Report Date
September 29, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDELA INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REPLACEMENT PUMP WAS SENT TO THE CUSTOMER. IN FOLLOW UP WITH A MEDELA CLINICIAN ON 09/02/2015, THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT SHE HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS BY HER PHYSICIAN TO TREAT MASTITIS. THE CUSTOMER ALSO REPORTED THAT SHE HAD RECOVERED FULLY FROM THE MASTITIS. AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. SHOULD 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 THAT HER PHYSICIAN TOLD HER SHE HAD MASTITIS AND THAT THE MASTITIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CONTAMINATION FROM MILK BACKING UP INTO HER PUMP IN STYLE BREAST PUMP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
645827 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREASTPUMP STARTER HGX HGX MEDELA INC. 57081

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other