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The account reported finding strikethrough on gown, and according to the facility in february during a procedure the staff member experienced "strikethrough on their forearms"; the staff member removed the gown, washed, and rescrubbed, and no medical intervention, serious injury, or follow-up care has been reported.Three photos were provided to aid in the investigation; in the first two photos the gown appeared to have some liquid or fluid that had soaked through, the gown information depicted an aami level 4 gown, and additional information from the rep found that the fluid was irrigated normal saline that had been through the patient.Sample evaluation noted the photos depicted part of the inside of one of the sleeves on the gown and the sleeve was noted to discolored which could be shadowing; while photos were provided, medline was not able to confirm a root cause of the issue.The cause was documented as unconfirmed defect/sample required to determine cause, and the supplier quality team will monitor this issue for trending purposes.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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