FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARCHITECT

MDR report key: 6206707 · Received December 27, 2016

Report

Report Number
3010097129-2016-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 27, 2016
Date of Event
June 30, 2016
Report Date
December 27, 2016
Manufacturer
HARBOR MEDTECH, INC.
Product Code
KGN
PMA / PMN Number
K122502
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DUE TO THE LACK OF PATIENT AND PRODUCT INFORMATION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ANY LABORATORY TESTING CONFIRMING BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF THE PRODUCT, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT IS UNKNOWN. THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND THUS NO ADDITIONAL TESTING COULD BE PERFORMED. REVIEW OF THE LOT RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE MET ALL ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA INCLUDING STERILITY PRIOR TO RELEASE. WE ARE UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE ORIGIN OF THE INFECTION FROM THE TIME IN WHICH THE STERILE POUCH WAS OPENED TO THE TIME IN WHICH THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS PLACED ON A PATIENT, WORKED "OK" BUT AT THE ONE-WEEK FOLLOW-UP VISIT HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS OVERGROWTH. THE GRAFT WAS PURPORTEDLY DISPOSED. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED PHYSICIAN WHO STATED THAT THE PATIENT DID "WELL", HAD NO INFECTION, AND THE DEVICE DID NOT HARM THE PATIENT. NO LABORATORY TESTS WERE PERFORMED. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS, INCLUDING DIRECT WRITTEN INQUIRIES, WERE MADE TO OBTAIN PATIENT-LEVEL INFORMATION; HOWEVER, PHYSICIAN WAS EITHER UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WHEN ASKED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAIL ON THE PATIENT AND THE EVENT, THE PHYSICIAN RESPONDED, "THIS WAS NOT AN ADVERSE EVENT" AND HAS SINCE NOT RESPONDED TO FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
855708 ARCHITECT COLLAGEN WOUND DRESSING KGN HARBOR MEDTECH, INC. HMT-036F-FX 036F160311B

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention