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The customer reported that when the drape gets saturated, ¿the fibers from the drape are coming off to the surgeons gloves¿ and ¿the dye from the drape is coming to the gloves.¿ a sample and photo was returned by the customer; the customer was contacted and requested to provide additional information, the photos were reviewed, the sample was reviewed, the contract manufacturer was sent the investigation form to perform an investigation, and a trend review was performed.The photos show material from the reinforcement stuck to the customers gloves and missing from the drape; the returned drape was unused and found to meet product specifications, the drape was saturated, and medline was unable to duplicate the reported issue.The vendor states a probable cause may be poor material but was unable to duplicate the reported issue with samples at their facility; based on the results of the investigation medline was unable to determine the root cause, the review of trending did not indicate a trend of fibers coming off or similar occurring in the field, and no further actions are being taken at this time.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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