Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON 5/23/93 AN R.N. ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE JACKSON-PRATT DRAIN FROM PATIENT TIMES 3. PHYSICIAN NOTIFIED AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT DRAIN AND TUBING BROKE OFF LEAVING HALF OF JP INSIDE. SET-UP STERILE FIELD, APPLIED LOCAL ANESTHESIA AROUND JP SITE AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL UNDER LOCAL. PATIENT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE JP DRAIN REMOVED IN 1-2 WEEKS BY OUTPATIENT SURGERY. RETURNED ON 6/10/93 FOR REMOVAL OF JP DRAIN WITH NO COMPLICATIONSDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: SATISFACTORY CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS NOT EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: NO DATA. CONCLUSION: NO DATA. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: YES. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: USER EDUCATION PROVIDED. THE DEVICE WAS DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.