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CHIP99OH7D |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
09/17/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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From the device history record, lot# 20200213-23-sh was finished on 07th jan 2020.No exception was recorded in the device history record that could lead to the reported incident.The average linting data is 0.162 g / 10 pieces.There are 175 occurrences reported in the past 12 months.No sample was returned for investigation.According to the supplier, or towel is made of cotton, so cotton fiber is born.Supplier is 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.(=0.38g/10pieces).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, no abnormal situation happened in production and dhr.Therefore, the root cause could not be determined.The complaint information was informed to the relevant sectors for their awareness.There is no action taken at this time, but supplier will continue to monitor the trend of this type of incident.
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Event or Problem Description
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Customer reported excessive linting of the blue cotton or towels pwtb04-stm from the open heart pack chip99oh7d during a coronary artery bypass graft, cabg.Lint was found on all scrubbed person¿s gloved hands, on the instruments being used, and floating in the saline irrigation and slush machine.Attempts were made to keep instruments and gloved hands clean.Towels were used to square off the chest wound during the procedure and moistened towels were also used to keep instruments clean and free of debris during the procedure.There was no delay or adverse event reported.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Supplemental report being filed since a sample photo was received for evaluation after the initial mdr was filed.Based on supplier investigation, device history record (dhr) review did not indicate any exception that could lead to the reported incident.The average linting data is 0.162 g / 10 pieces.There are 175 occurrences reported in the past 12 months.No sample returned for investigation.From the photos received after the initial mdr was filed, a few pieces of lint were noted on the surface of the product.According to supplier, or towel is made of cotton, so cotton fiber is born.Supplier continuously working with cah 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.(=0.38g/10pieces).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, no abnormal situation happened in production and dhr.Therefore, the root cause could not be determined.The complaint information was informed to the relevant sectors for their awareness.There is no action taken at this time, but supplier will continue to monitor the trend of this type of incident.
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