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The investigation is still in progress.Once the investigation is complete a supplemental report will be filed.The information provided by bard represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to bard.
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The device was not returned for evaluation.The device history record was reviewed and found nothing that could have caused or contributed to the reported event.The instructions for use state the following: ¿instructions for use: intended use; the catheter is intended for urinary bladder drainage in adult males and females requiring catheterization for management of incontinence, voiding dysfunction, and surgical procedures.Efficacy of the catheter in preventing urinary tract infection during intermittent use has not been established.The device is not intended to be used as a treatment for active urinary tract infection.Please contact your physician to determine which product options are best for you, paying close attention to product warnings/ precautions and adverse reactions.Active ingredient: 10.2 +/- 2.0 micrograms nitrofurazone (5 nitro-2-furaldehyde semicarbazone) per mm2 catheter.The silicone layer on the external surface of the catheter is impregnated with nitrofurazone.The nitrofurazone elutes into the urethral-catheter boundary producing local antibacterial activity.Nitrofurazone is not significantly absorbed through the urethra for the period of 12-24 hours.1.Warning: catheter reuse: this is a single use device.Do not reuse.Reuse of a single use device increases the risk of catheter acquired urinary tract infection.Contraindications do not use in individuals with known sensitivity to nitrofurazone.Precautions general: the following adverse events may be associated with the use of urethral catheters: infections, paraphimosis, urethral tear or creation of false passages, urethral strictures, meatal stenosis, urethral damage, bleeding, bladder spasms, bladder damage, catheter blockage, and leakage.Use of certain antimicrobial agents may allow overgrowth of non-susceptible organisms including yeast and fungi.If this occurs, or if irritation, sensitization or superinfection develops, discontinue use and institute appropriate therapy.Pediatric use: safety and effectiveness in children has not been established.Pregnancy: pregnancy category c: nitrofurazone has been shown to have an embryocidal effect in rabbits when given in oral doses thirty times the human dose.There are no adequate and well controlled studies in pregnant women.Nursing mothers: it is not known if this drug is excreted in human milk and because of the potential for tumorigenicity shown for nitrofurazone in animal studies, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue use of the catheter.Caution: federal(usa) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.Adverse reactions: sensitization and generalized allergic skin reaction are known to occur in 1.2% of patients treated with topically administered nitrofurazone.Allergic reaction should be treated symptomatically.2 carcinogenesis, mutagenesis and impairment of fertility nitrofurazone has been shown to produce mammary tumors when fed in high doses to female sprague-dawley rats.The relevance of this to topical use in humans is unknown.Dietary dosage levels of 60 and 30 mg/kg/day shortened the onset time of the typical mammary gland tumors associated with older female rats.These tumors exhibited the same histological characteristics seen in the spontaneously occurring tumors, and were seen only in the female rats.No mammary tumors were seen in rats treated with nitrofurazone orally in the diet for 1 year at levels of approximately 11 mg/kg/day.Spermatogenic arrest was noted in the male rats in dietary dosages of 30 mg/kg/day and above, after one year on test.General made of clear silicone elastomer.Urethral catheter for urological use only.Do not resterilize.Instructions for use: to open peel back end of package.Remove catheter and use according to physician¿s instructions.Discard after use." (b)(4).The device was not returned.
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