FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EPIC

MDR report key: 846169 · Received April 27, 2007

Report

Report Number
846169
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 27, 2007
Report Date
April 27, 2007
Manufacturer
EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Product Code
LNX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD A KNOWN ALLERGY TO TYLENOL WHICH HAD BEEN ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM LAST YEAR. WE CANNOT SHOW THAT THE PHARMACIST ENTERING THE MEDICATION OR THE NURSE DOCUMENTING THE MEDICATION GOT AN ALERT TO SAY THE PATIENT WAS ALLERGIC TO THE MEDICATION, AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. THE TYLENOL WAS DISPENSED TO THE PATIENT BY THE NURSE. THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF GETTING HIVES WITH THE MEDICATION. SHE WAS GIVEN BENADRYL ONCE THE ALLERGY WAS DISCOVERED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EPIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM LNX EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR