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305768 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
11/22/2017
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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A device evaluation is anticipated, but has not yet begun.Upon completion of the investigation, a supplemental report will be filed.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the safety mechanism on a bd eclipse¿ needle "flew off" when attempting to activate after an injection.There was no report of exposure, serious injury or medical intervention.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation summary: our quality engineer inspected the returned unit and could not identify any manufacturing related defects.No damage was observed on the safety shield.The sample was subjected to safety shield fall off/break off test, no safety shield disengagement was observed.As a result, the root cause of the reported issue could not be determined.Dhr review showed no abnormality was reported on the affected batch during production.Customer complaint trends are evaluated on a monthly basis.Although the defect was not confirmed for this instance, bd has investigated a similar reported issue and corrective actions have been taken to prevent future occurrences of this type.Capa # (b)(4) has been initiated to address the issue.
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