|
From the device history record, the blue or towels lot#20190717-23- was manufactured on 25th jul 2019.No exception was recorded in the device history record that could lead to the reported incident.The average linting data is 0.205g / 10 pieces.No sample was returned to the supplier at the time of the investigation, only a photo with little blue lint on the white gauze was provided.According to our supplier, the or towel is made of cotton, so lint is born and inevitable.The suppliers are continuously working with cardinal health to better control the linting and have implemented several measures to improve it: suctions machines have been installed in grey cloth rolling process, dyeing process and cutting process the suction process was added before product's final folding, and workers do it according to standard operation procedure requirement.Linting test method and acceptable criteria was stipulated to see the suction results.(=0.38g/10 pieces).In the folding process, the manufacturer used one cloth pad under 100 pieces semi-finished products to avoid linting stuck onto the products during product's transfer.Based on the investigation, all linting test data was within the acceptable range.There was no abnormal situation that had happened in production.Therefore, the root cause could not be determined and no further action was taken.The complaint information was shared with the relevant sectors within the manufacturing facility for their awareness and we will continue to monitor for this type of incident.
|
|
The customer reported linting of the blue, non-x-ray, cotton or towel pwtb04-stm from the cardiac catheterization pack/ scv5cccsti.The procedure performed was a coronary angiogram where the towels were used to drape the patient and to hold wires on the back table.Lint was found during the procedure on a diagnostic angiography wire and on gloves of a staff member.There was no reported injury to the patient and no patient demographics were provided.Although there was no injury, cardinal health is proactively filing a medwatch report for potential risk.
|