FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RENU (UNK TYPE)

MDR report key: 801231 · Received January 2, 2007

Report

Report Number
1313525-2007-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 2, 2007
Date of Event
February 1, 2006
Report Date
October 30, 2006
Manufacturer
BAUSCH & LOMB INC.
Product Code
LPN
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BAUSCH & LOMB IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS COMPLAINT SINCE NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED AND NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. BASED ON AVAILABLE INFO, NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2006, THE PT PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF PAIN, REDNESS, INCREASED TEARING, PHOTOPHOBIA OS X 10 DAYS. PT WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED CORNEAL ULCER OS - R/O ACANTHAMOEBA. A CORNEAL SCRAPING AND CULTURE WAS PERFORMED. ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED A WEEK EARLIER (PHYSICIAN UNK) AND PT HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED VIGAMOX, ATROPINE AND TRIFLURIDINE. FOLLOW-UP EIGHT DAYS LATER, PT'S PAIN IMPROVED. HYPOPION SEEN, POST INFILTRATE. DIAGNOSIS OF KERATITIS OS. THREE DAYS LATER, MEDICATIONS CHANGED TO BAQUACIL, CHROHEXIDINE, AND BROLENE FOLLOWING POSITIVE CULTURE RESULTS FOR ACANTHAMOEBA. HYPOPION NEGATIVE. SUBSEQUENTLY, PT SEEN REGULARLY IN FOLLOW-UP WITH ADJUSTMENTS IN MEDICATIONS. BY A MONTH LATER, PT REPORTS LESS PAIN, VISUAL ACUITY SLIGHTLY BETTER. BY LAST DOCUMENTED VISIT 44 DAYS LATER, A DIAGNOSIS OF CORNEAL ULCER OS; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; SCAR OS. CONTINUE ON BROLENE, BAQUACIL AND HYOSCINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RENU (UNK TYPE) MULTI-PURPOSE SOLUTION FOR SOFT CONTACT LENSES LPN BAUSCH & LOMB INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 13 YR Other| R ACUVUE SOFT CONTACT LENSES