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| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Unspecified Infection (1930)
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| Date of Event |
07/14/2022
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that patient underwent a hip revision approximately 10 days post implantation due to infection.The bipolar cup and head were removed and replaced.Attempts have been made and additional information on the reported event is unavailable at this time.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).Concomitant medical products: 11-165218 ¿ ringloc bi-polar cup ¿ 091110, unknown stem ¿ unknown part and lot.Report source: japan.Customer has indicated that the product will not be returned to zimmer biomet for the investigation as the hospital has discarded as biohazard.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This follow-up report is being submitted to relay additional information.The following sections were updated/corrected updated: d4; g3; h2; h4; h6.During the investigation process a review of the sterile certifications were reviewed and found to be conforming with no applicable deviations.Devices were verified to have gone through acceptable sterilization process following iso/aami/astm & eu published guidelines.There are multiple factors that may contribute to an infection that are outside the control of zimmer biomet, such as external factors, i.E.Hospital/surgical environment, provider related risk factors, and/or patient comorbidities/risk factors.As there are no indications of a product or process issues identified affecting implant safety or effectiveness, therefore implanted products are not identified as the source or contributing to the reported infection.If any further information is found which would change or alter any conclusions or information, a supplemental will be filed accordingly.Zimmer biomet will continue to monitor for trends.
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Event or Problem Description
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No additional event information to report at this time.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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