FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD PRECISIONGLIDE¿ SPECIALTY USE STERILE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

MDR report key: 8048174 · Received November 7, 2018

Report

Report Number
1911916-2018-00620
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 7, 2018
Date of Event
October 18, 2018
Report Date
December 6, 2018
Manufacturer
BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL
Product Code
FMI
UDI-DI
30382903051060
PMA / PMN Number
K021475
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: ONE PHOTO OF AN UNSHIELDED NEEDLE WAS ATTACHED FOR EVALUATION. A FIBER IS NOTED ON THE NEEDLE. THE DEFECT IS CONFIRMED AS REPORTED. THE FIBER COULD HAVE COME FROM A CLEANING CLOTH, OR THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME AS THE DEFECT RATE IS WITHIN ALLOWED QUALITY LIMITS PER BD¿S SPECIFICATIONS. COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FOR THIS DEVICE AND REPORTED CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRACKED AND TRENDED. INFORMATION WILL BE CAPTURED ON TREND REPORTS AND MONITORED MONTHLY. OUR BUSINESS TEAM REGULARLY REVIEWS THE COLLECTED DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGING TRENDS. A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPLETED. TWO ASSEMBLY BATCHES WERE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS ORDER. ASSEMBLY BATCH 6243597 HAD 171 VISUAL INSPECTIONS PERFORMED ON 8,550 PARTS WITH ZERO DEFECTS NOTED. DAILY CLEANING WAS PERFORMED SIX TIMES DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THIS BATCH. ASSEMBLY BATCH 6271680 HAD 245 VISUAL INSPECTIONS PERFORMED ON 12,250 PARTS WITH ONE DEFECT RECORDED FOR THE LOW LUBE SOLIDS MENTIONED ABOVE. DAILY CLEANING WAS PERFORMED 30 TIMES DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THIS BATCH. NO QUALITY NOTIFICATIONS WERE WRITTEN FOR THIS BATCH, NOR FOR THE ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY BATCH. THE FIBER COULD HAVE COME FROM A CLEANING CLOTH, OR THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A BD PRECISIONGLIDE¿ SPECIALTY USE STERILE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE HAD FOREIGN MATTER ON THE NEEDLE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF EXPOSURE, SERIOUS INJURY, OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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 A BD PRECISIONGLIDE¿ SPECIALTY USE STERILE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE HAD FOREIGN MATTER ON THE NEEDLE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF EXPOSURE, SERIOUS INJURY, OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
888361 BD PRECISIONGLIDE¿ SPECIALTY USE STERILE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE HYPODERMIC SINGLE LUMEN NEEDLE FMI BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL 6270713 30382903051060

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other