|
The l&d staff have reported on 2 recent occasions there is an issue with 24 fr foley catheter; while inflating the balloon with saline the blue cap and clear plastic have started leaking at about 9-10 ml and then separates, this happened when inside the patients, and neither were harmed.The customer reported after the incident occurred the foley was removed and the patient "requested no reinsertion"; the customer did not report any serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care related to the reported incident.Medline quality did not receive a sample nor photographs of the reported product, and a post-market retrospective review of the past 6 months preceding the reported issue revealed 0 additional complaints of inflation port leakage; there are currently no known trends for this product.The issue is unconfirmed, as no samples nor photographs were made available to review; a root cause cannot be identified at this time, and no further action is necessary.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
|