The actual complaint product was not returned for evaluation.A review of the device history record is not possible as no lot number was provided.Root cause could not be determined.All information reasonably known as of 22-oct-2018 has been included in this health authority report.Should additional information be obtained, a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by avanos medical inc 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 avanos medical inc.Avanos medical inc has no independent knowledge of the event reported but is relaying the information that was provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.This product incident is documented in the avanos medical inc complaint database and identified as complaint (b)(4).
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Fill volume: 125 ml, flow rate: unknown, procedure: total knee, cathplace: quadricep.It was reported that a patient experienced a broken catheter.The patient had a total knee procedure and had about 10 cm of the catheter left behind in the quadriceps.No further information was provided.
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