BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    LP35 WASHER

    MDR report key: 666345 · Received January 11, 2006

    Report

    Report Number
    3022521-2005-00005
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    January 11, 2006
    Date of Event
    December 14, 2005
    Report Date
    January 11, 2006
    Manufacturer
    BIO-RAD ADIL
    Product Code
    JTC
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MI, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IN 2005, BIO-RAD LABORATORIES RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CUSTOMER STATING THAT WHILE CLEANING THE MANIFOLD ON A LP35 WASHER HE PUNCTURED HIS FINGER. THE LP35 WASHER IS A MICROWELL PLATE WASHER USED WHEN RUNNING EIA TEST KITS. HE WAS USING THE SMALL STYLUS WHICH IS PART OF THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE KIT AND THE STYLUS WENT THROUGH THE GLOVE AND INTO HIS FINGER. AT THE TIME HE HAD BEEN RUNNING HUMAN SERUM AND/OR PLASMA SAMPLES, SOME OF WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN POSITIVE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE MARKERS INCLUDING HIV. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS PUT ON ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LP35 WASHER MICROPLATE WASHER JTC BIO-RAD ADIL LP35 *

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNKNOWN Other