FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

30 ML BD¿ BULK SLIP TIP SYRINGE

MDR report key: 7310373 · Received March 2, 2018

Report

Report Number
1911916-2018-00071
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 2, 2018
Date of Event
February 7, 2018
Report Date
March 9, 2018
Manufacturer
BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL
Product Code
FMF
PMA / PMN Number
K980987
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MX
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

MEDICAL DEVICE LOT #: 7262994. MEDICAL DEVICE EXPIRATION DATE: 08/31/2022. DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: 09/19/2017. INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: A PHOTO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. BD TRANSITIONED FROM THE OUNCE/ML DUAL GRADUATION SCALE TO A SINGLE ML GRADUATION SCALE IN (B)(6) 2016 FOR 30 ML PRODUCT. BATCH 6033876 WAS MANUFACTURED IN (B)(6) 2016, 7 MONTHS BEFORE THE NEW SCALES WERE IMPLEMENTED. AT THAT TIME, THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO PRINT THE OUNCELESS SCALE HAD NOT YET BEEN FABRICATED AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT A MIX OCCURRED AT THAT TIME. BATCH 7262994 WAS MANUFACTURED IN (B)(6) 2017, 13 MONTHS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINGLE ML SCALE. AT THAT TIME, THE EQUIPMENT TO PRINT THE OUNCE/ML DUAL SCALE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATES AND COULD NOT BE USED. THE TWO BATCHES WERE MANUFACTURED 20 MONTHS APART AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THEY WERE MIXED TOGETHER IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE TWO BATCHES WERE MANUFACTURED 20 MONTHS APART AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THEY WERE MIXED TOGETHER IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT SINGLE AND DUAL SCALES WERE MIXED WITHIN THE SAME BATCH AS THE TWO BATCHES LISTED WERE MANUFACTURED WELL OVER 6 MONTHS FROM WHEN THE TRANSITION FROM THE DUAL TO SINGLE SCALE OCCURRED. INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION: NO ISSUES WERE DETECTED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND THE ROOT CAUSE IS NOT SUSPECTED TO HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO BD. NO FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BATCHES WERE INADVERTENTLY MIXED UPON RECEIPT BY THE CUSTOMER.

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 BOXES OF 30 ML BD¿ BULK SLIP TIP SYRINGE TIPS WERE FOUND EITHER WITH THE WRONG SYRINGE OR MIXED WITH BOTH THE ¿NEW METRIC SCALE¿ AND THE ¿OLD ORIGINAL SCALE¿ MARKINGS. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF EXPOSURE, INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
155031 30 ML BD¿ BULK SLIP TIP SYRINGE SYRINGE FMF BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL 7262994

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other