FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EASY-FLEX 6' CPAP TUBING

MDR report key: 6189642 · Received December 20, 2016

Report

Report Number
3012316249-2016-00015
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 20, 2016
Report Date
December 20, 2016
Manufacturer
WORLDCROSS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Product Code
GAZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER SAID THE END-USER HAD THE CPAP TUBING HOOKED UP TO A VENTILATOR - THE PATIENT/END-USER'S SON WALKED INTO HIS BEDROOM AND NOTICED THAT HIS DAD (THE END-USER) WAS LETHARGIC AND TURNING BLUE, WITH NO RESPONSE FROM HIS DAD. THE SON NOTICED THAT THE END-USER (HIS DAD) WAS NOT GETTING ANY AIR FROM THE TUBING, AS IT HAD COLLAPSED, SO HE SWITCHED IT OUT WITH NEW TUBING AND THEN HIS DAD STARTED TO BECOME MORE RESPONSIVE. THE END-USER'S FAMILY CALLED OUR CUSTOMER THE NEXT MORNING TO EXPLAIN THE INCIDENT, AND SAID THE DAD WAS BACK TO HOW HE NORMALLY IS. COMPASS HEALTH BRANDS CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CALLED THE CUSTOMER TO EXPLAIN THAT CPAP TUBING SHOULD NOT BE USED ON VENTILATORS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
842023 EASY-FLEX 6' CPAP TUBING CPAP TUBING GAZ WORLDCROSS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. EASY-FLEX6 N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other