FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MCGRATH

MDR report key: 8128128 · Received December 4, 2018

Report

Report Number
8128128
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 4, 2018
Date of Event
September 3, 2018
Report Date
November 20, 2018
Manufacturer
AIRCRAFT MEDICAL LIMITED
Product Code
CCW
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
VA
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA THE MCGRATH SCREEN KEPT FLICKERING ON AND OFF. ANOTHER MCGRATH WAS OBTAINED, HOWEVER, MD WAS ABLE TO INTUBATE WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH REGULAR LARYNGOSCOPE AND BLADE. INSTRUMENT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIR. THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN GREATER IF THE MD WAS UNABLE TO INTUBATE WHILE ANOTHER MCGRATH WAS OBTAINED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
968500 MCGRATH LARYNGOSCOPE, RIGID CCW AIRCRAFT MEDICAL LIMITED

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1