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According to the facility contact, "surgical drape stuck to patient's skin when trying to remove it after case was finished" and "when removing skin drape, it was "glued" to the patient's skin and we had to exert force to get it off." per the customer contact, this "resulted in patient's skin being pulled off with the drape in some areas and a sticky residue left in other spots.".
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According to the facility contact, "surgical drape stuck to patient's skin when trying to remove it after case was finished" and "when removing skin drape, it was "glued" to the patient's skin and we had to exert force to get it off." per the customer contact, this "resulted in patient's skin being pulled off with the drape in some areas and a sticky residue left in other spots." it was reported they were "unable to remove residue with soap, water, alcohol wipes" and "eventually tried convatec adhesive remover spray that we use for c-section bandage removal, and it helped to remove some of it." the customer stated, "however from rubbing patient's skin, she has breakdown and irritation in areas" as well as "a skin tear." per the customer contact, "this is the second patient in a week that this happened to." following the reported incident, it was reported that "they treated the skin tear", and the patient is "doing good." the customer contact noted no medical intervention or follow-up care was required.No additional details were provided regarding the customer reported incident.A sample is not available for evaluation.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow-up care.It has been determined that the event did not involve a death or serious injury; however, it meets the definition of a reportable malfunction, as recurrence of the malfunction could cause or contribute to death or serious injury.Based on the information reviewed, this is a reportable event as defined under 21 cfr 803.3.
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