FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYPODERMIC NEEDLE-PRO SYRINGE AND NEEDLE WITH NEEDLE PROTECT

MDR report key: 812721 · Received January 19, 2007

Report

Report Number
1217052-2007-00009
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 19, 2007
Date of Event
December 1, 2006
Report Date
December 22, 2006
Manufacturer
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
Product Code
FMI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

RESULTS EVALUATIONS: THIS NEEDLE IS SUPPLIED FROM TERUMO MEDICAL CORP. AND THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION IS NOT ABLE TO BE PERFORMED AS THE USER FACILITY DID NOT SAVE THE EVENT SAMPLE. OUR COMPLAINTS HISTORY SHOWS SEVERAL REPORTS THAT, WHEN THE RETURNED SAMPLE WAS EXAMINED, THE REPORT WAS NOT VALID AND LIKELY AN EVENT OF THE USER NOT SECURING THE CONNECTIONS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. THIS REPORT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

USER ALLEGES ONE INCIDENT OF THE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE ADHESIVE SEAL, BETWEEN THE METAL AND PLASTIC, NOT HOLDING THUS ALLOWING NEEDLE TO DISASSEMBLE. NEEDLE WAS ABLE TO BE RETRIEVED FROM PT WITHOUT MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYPODERMIC NEEDLE-PRO SYRINGE AND NEEDLE WITH NEEDLE PROTECT 80 FMI - ACCESSORY TO HYPODERMIC NEEDLES FMI SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *