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SAN46CCEDD |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
08/10/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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A review of the device history record for lot number 20200213-23-sh, revealed a manufactured date of january 07th 2020.No exception was recorded in the device history record that could lead to the reported incident.Based on supplier investigation, the average linting data is 0.162 g / 10 pieces.No sample returned for investigation, only photo of sample was provided.The investigation of the photo provided revealed no abnormal situation.According to supplier, or towel is made of cotton, so cotton fiber is born.Supplier continuously working with cardinal health to better control the linting and have implemented several measures to improve it: suctions machines have been installed in grey cloth rolling process, dyeing process and cutting process.The suction process was added before product's final folding, and workers do it according to standard operation procedure requirement.Linting test method and acceptable criteria was stipulated to see the suction results.(=0.38 g/10 pieces).In the folding process, supplier used one cloth pad under 100 pieces semi-finished products to avoid linting stuck onto the products during product's transfer.From the investigation results, no abnormal situation happened during production; therefore, the root cause could not be determined.The complaint information was shared with the relevant sectors for their awareness.There is no action taken at this time, but supplier will continue to monitor trends for this type of incident.
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Event or Problem Description
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The customer reported surgeon was doing a peripheral procedure and as they were running the catheter, they started to develop small embolized fluff balls that could possibly go into the patient and cause a serious issue.There was no injury or adverse event to the patient that required additional medical treatment.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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A review of the device history record for lot number 20200213-23-sh, revealed a manufactured date of january 07th 2020.No exception was recorded in the device history record that could lead to the reported incident.Based on supplier investigation, the average linting data is 0.162 g / 10 pieces.No sample returned for investigation, only photo of sample was provided.A second batch of photos were provided.A review of the second batch of photos revealed fluff balls were found on the surface of the product.According to supplier, or towel is made of cotton, so cotton fiber is born.Supplier continuously working with cardinal health to better control the linting and have implemented several measures to improve it: a.Suctions machines have been installed in grey cloth rolling process, dyeing process and cutting process.B.The suction process was added before product's final folding, and workers do it according to standard operation procedure requirement.C.Linting test method and acceptable criteria was stipulated to see the suction results.(=0.38 g/10 pieces).D.In the folding process, supplier used one cloth pad under 100 pieces semi-finished products to avoid linting stuck onto the products during product's transfer.From the investigation results, no abnormal situation happened during production; therefore, the root cause could not be determined.The complaint information was shared with the relevant sectors for their awareness.There is no action taken at this time, but supplier will continue to monitor trends for this type of incident.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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