Device ineffective [device ineffective].Case narrative: this initial spontaneous report originating from the united states, was received from a clinical account specialist (cas), referring to a female patient of unknown age.The patient¿s historical condition was not reported.The patient¿s current condition included thrombin issue.Concomitant medications were not reported.This report concerns 1 patient and 2 devices.On an unknown date in (b)(6) 2022, the patient was started on vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 1) (lot# was not reported) for post partum hemorrhage (pph).On (b)(6) 2022 (reported as cas learned of this report with in 24 hours), the reporter stated that she "overheard nurses talking" after a vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 1) refresher inservice and learned that this provider "had a patient that he used the vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 1) on and it did not stop the bleeding" (device ineffective).Per report, the provider ended up removing the vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 1) and inserting a bakri, which was also ineffective, before removing the bakri and inserting vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 2) once more.Per report, after the second vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 2) insertion (lot # was not reported) for pph and "the bleeding slowed some", but patient "ended up in intensive care unit (icu) and with a hysterectomy".The patient had a ("thrombin issue"), but no other details are known.The availability of the vacuum-induced hemorrhage control system (jada system # 1 & # 2) for evaluation was unknown.Upon internal review, the event of "device ineffective" was determined to be serious as it required intervention.Medical device reporting criteria: serious injury.(b)(4).
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