Description of Event or Problem · 1
AVID MEDICAL IS THE MANUFACTURER OF A CUSTOM PROCEDURE TRAY (ALOC002-01 RECOVERY PACK, LOT: 1324977) THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMPONENT: SCALPEL #20 W/HANDLE S/S, VENDOR PART # 6000CST-20 SUPPLIED BY (B)(4) AND MANUFACTURED BY NIRAJ INDUSTRIES (B)(4). AVID MEDICAL BECAME AWARE ON 01/10/2019 OF A COMPLAINT WHICH ORIGINATED BY (B)(6) THAT INVOLVED THE SCALPEL THAT BROKE WITHIN THE BODY WHILE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WERE PERFORMING A PROCEDURE. THE COMPLAINED SCALPEL #20 W/HANDLE S/S WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION, HOWEVER 10 BLADES WITH THE SAME MFG LOT NUMBER WERE SUBMITTED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. AVID MEDICAL ISSUED FORMAL COMPLAINT # (B)(4) TO THE SUPPLIER (B)(4) CONCERNING THE SCALPEL THAT BROKE DURING A PROCEDURE FOR ITEM NO. 6000CST-20, MANUFACTURER LOT# 070508. NO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WERE INJURED AND NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED, AS THIS WAS AN ORGAN RECOVERY PROCEDURE AND THE PATIENT WAS ALREADY DECEASED; HOWEVER, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AVID IS REPORTING THIS EVENT.