No sample is being returned for evaluation.The lot # is unknown, therefore the device history record could not be reviewed.The instructions for use states the following: "the document is sufficiently clear in the description of the application and use of the product, specifically sections: daily maintenance and application technique: daily maintenance: use clinical judgment on the removal of the statlock stabilization device if the patient experiences any fluid shifts that may interfere with skin integrity application technique: prep identify securement site by laying the device retainer on the front of the thigh, leaving 1 inch of catheter slack between insertion site and the statlock device retainer." (b)(4).The information provided by bard represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to bard.Sample was discarded.
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It was reported that the patients received an inner thigh blister.The complainant alleged that when patients receive high amounts of fluids, patients become swollen throughout their extremities, and the statlock creates a blister on the patients' thigh.The device should be placed on the anterior part of the thigh and never at the inner thigh.Furthermore, the device should not be used on patients with fluid shifts.
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