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According to the facility, the "hip drape has torn during a total hip procedure which required the facility to re-wrap the leg," and the complaint stated that the pocket part "has ripped and contaminates the leg." no sample was available for the investigation; medline reviewed the complaint history and nonconformance trending for this product and this customer for the past six months, and there were two additional complaints opened for this customer and item at the same time as this one.The issue is not confirmed, and the cause code states "sample required to determine cause." per the facility, no injury or medical intervention was required related to the reported incident, and medline will reopen the complaint if the sample becomes available.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.
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