FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PARKER HANNIFAN (PORTER) MEDICAL REGULATOR

MDR report key: 6884328 · Received September 21, 2017

Report

Report Number
1044295-2017-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 21, 2017
Report Date
September 14, 2017
Manufacturer
HARRIS PRODUCTS GROUP
Product Code
CAN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY PARKER HANNIFAN (PORTER) VERBALLY DURING A CUSTOMER VISIT OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS. APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO IN A HOSPITAL, AN OXYGEN PRESSURE REGULATOR ALLEGEDLY FAILED, WHICH THEN RESULTED IN AN OXYGEN FIRE. THE OXYGEN PRESSURE REGULATOR IS A COMPONENT OF THE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLED BY PARKER HANNIFAN (PORTER) IN 2013. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE MANIFOLD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE LOW FLOW, AND THEN THE MANIFOLD WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE TECHNICIAN WORKING ON THE MANIFOLD NOTED THAT THE REGULATORS WERE MAKING A CLICKING NOISE. THE TECHNICIAN THEN TURNED OFF THE OXYGEN AND TURNED IT BACK ON. AT THAT POINT, THE OXYGEN PRESSURE REGULATOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN'S ARM WAS ALLEGEDLY INJURED FROM THE FIRE, ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT KNOW THE NATURE OF THE INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
664234 PARKER HANNIFAN (PORTER) MEDICAL REGULATOR OXYGEN PRESSURE REGULATOR CAN HARRIS PRODUCTS GROUP REG, 301-50P 7010-1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1