BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    DISCARDIT¿ II SYRINGE W/O NEEDLE

    MDR report key: 7096216 · Received December 7, 2017

    Report

    Report Number
    3002682307-2017-00112
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    December 7, 2017
    Date of Event
    November 14, 2017
    Report Date
    January 4, 2018
    Manufacturer
    BECTON DICKINSON, S.A.
    Product Code
    FMF
    PMA / PMN Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    FR
    Reporter Occupation
    PHARMACIST

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A PICTURE OF THE AFFECTED SAMPLE. AFTER THE EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED PICTURE OF THE SAMPLE, WE CONFIRMED THE REPORTED ISSUE, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE WHITE PARTICLES INSIDE THE SYRINGE WERE COMPOSED BY LUBRICANT FROM THE SYRINGE BARREL. BHR REVIEW: WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR PRODUCTION AND INSPECTION RECORDS AND HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT ALL PRODUCTION AND QUALITY PROCESSES WERE CARRIED OUT NORMALLY. NEITHER QA NOR NCMR'S. SYRINGES WERE PACKED IN MACHINE Nº2022 (MAY 26 - 27TH, 2017). SYRINGES WERE ASSEMBLED IN MACHINE, Nº4252, Nº4251, Nº4204, AND Nº4208, IN LOT #7139351 (MAY 22 - 29TH, 2017). RESEARCH HAS FOUND NO PROBLEMS, DEFECTS OR QN RELATED TO THE REPORTED ISSUE. WE HAVE ALSO REVIEWED THE BARREL LOTS #7139232, AND #7132416 AND NO PROBLEMS, DEFECTS OR QN RELATED TO THE REPORTED ISSUE WERE FOUND. WE HAVE ALSO REVIEWED THE PLUNGER LOTS #7139237, #7125075 AND #7132420 AND NO PROBLEMS, DEFECTS OR QN RELATED TO THE REPORTED ISSUE WERE FOUND. THE RETURNED PICTURE OF THE SAMPLE PRESENTED WHITE PARTICLES IN THE SYRINGE AND CONFIRMED THE REPORTED ISSUE. CONCLUSION: THIS LUBRICANT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLASTIC FORMULATION AND IT IS INHERENT TO THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF 2 PIECE SYRINGES. DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, THE LUBRICANT FORMS A MICROSCOPIC LAYER IN THE INTERNAL/EXTERNAL WALLS OF THE BARREL. WHEN THE PLUNGER IS MOVED BACKWARDS DURING THE FILLING OF THE SYRINGE, MOST OF THIS MICROSCOPE LAYER OF LUBRICANT IS DRAGGED BEHIND THE PLUNGER AND A SMALL QUANTITY STILL REMAINS INSIDE TO ALLOW A GOOD SLIDING PERFORMANCE DURING THE INJECTION OPERATION. THE PRESENCE PARTICLES OF LUBRICANT IN THE FLUID PATH OF DISCARDIT II SYRINGES HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY BD. THE POLYPROPYLENE USED TO PRODUCE THE SYRINGE BARRELS (WITH THE SLIP AGENT INCLUDED IN THE FORMULATION) HAS PASSED ALL THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY TESTS REQUIRED PRIOR TO MARKETING THE PRODUCT AND MEET THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR PRECLINICAL TOXICOLOGICAL SAFETY EVALUATIONS. SHOULD ANY LUBRICANT PARTICLES ENTER THE FLUID PATHWAY THEN THE RISK TO THE PATIENT BASED ON TOXICOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL OCCLUSION OF BLOOD VESSELS IS DEEMED AS NEGLIGIBLE AND CLINICALLY INSIGNIFICANT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    DATE OF EVENT: UNKNOWN. THE DATE RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS FIELD. A DEVICE EVALUATION IS ANTICIPATED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEGUN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DISCARDIT¿ II SYRINGE W/O NEEDLE HAD PLASTIC PIECES OF THE PLUNGER INSIDE OF THE SYRINGE. FOUND BEFORE USE. NO SERIOUS INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION NOTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    877846 DISCARDIT¿ II SYRINGE W/O NEEDLE SYRINGE FMF BECTON DICKINSON, S.A. 1705178

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Other