FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD VACUTAINER® PLUS PLASTIC CITRATE TUBE

MDR report key: 7757547 · Received August 7, 2018

Report

Report Number
9617032-2018-02577
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 7, 2018
Date of Event
July 2, 2018
Report Date
August 30, 2018
Manufacturer
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY (BD)
Product Code
JKA
PMA / PMN Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SP
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

DUE TO AN IT ISSUE BEGINNING ON (B)(6) 2018, PREVIOUSLY FILED EMDRS DID NOT CONTAIN REQUIRED FIELDS. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EMDR IS FILED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING OMITTED FIELDS: EVENT ATTRIBUTED TO: OTHER. DEVICE SINGLE USE?: NO. DEVICE RETURNED TO MANUFACTURE: NO. BD HAD NOT RECEIVED SAMPLES, BUT PHOTOS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER FACILITY FOR INVESTIGATION. THE PHOTOS WERE EVALUATED AND THE CUSTOMER'S INDICATED FAILURE MODE FOR FOREIGN MATTER WITH THE INCIDENT LOT WAS OBSERVED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS COMPLETED FOR THE KNOWN INCIDENT LOTS AND, BASED ON THIS REVIEW, ALL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LOT RELEASE WERE MET; THERE WERE NO RELATED QUALITY NON-CONFORMANCES DURING MANUFACTURING OF THE PRODUCT. BASED ON EVALUATION OF THE CUSTOMER PHOTOS, THE CUSTOMER¿S INDICATED FAILURE MODE FOR FOREIGN MATTER WITH THE INCIDENT LOT WAS OBSERVED. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, A ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FOR THIS DEVICE AND REPORTED CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRACKED AND TRENDED. INFORMATION WILL BE CAPTURED ON TREND REPORTS AND MONITORED. THE BD BUSINESS TEAM REGULARLY REVIEWS THE COLLECTED DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGING TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CLIENT CLAIMS THAT PLASTIC THREADS STUCK TO THE WALL APPEAR INSIDE THE WALL OF THE PLASTIC TUBE OF THE BD VACUTAINER PLUS PLASTIC CITRATE TUBE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF EXPOSURE, SERIOUS INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

"MULTIPLE LOT NUMBERS: THERE WERE MULTIPLE LOT NUMBERS REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED. THE INFORMATION FOR EACH LOT NUMBER IS AS FOLLOWS: MEDICAL DEVICE LOT #: 8099789; MEDICAL DEVICE EXPIRATION DATE: 2018-12-31; DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: 2018-04-09. MEDICAL DEVICE LOT #: 8085613; MEDICAL DEVICE EXPIRATION DATE: 2018-12-31; DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: 2018-03-26. MEDICAL DEVICE LOT #: 8071821; MEDICAL DEVICE EXPIRATION DATE: 2018-11-30; DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: 2018-03-12. MEDICAL DEVICE LOT #: UNKNOWN; MEDICAL DEVICE EXPIRATION DATE: UNKNOWN; DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: UNKNOWN. 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 CLIENT CLAIMS THAT PLASTIC THREADS STUCK TO THE WALL APPEAR INSIDE THE WALL OF THE PLASTIC TUBE OF THE BD VACUTAINER® PLUS PLASTIC CITRATE TUBE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF EXPOSURE, SERIOUS INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
601399 BD VACUTAINER® PLUS PLASTIC CITRATE TUBE BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE JKA BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY (BD) SEE H.10

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other