Distress (2329); Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque (3165)
Date of Event
09/20/2019
Type of Reportable Event
Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
This report involves specifically the puritan swabs, which are puritan branded and manufactured and packaged as a part of the sekisui diagnostics osom ultra strep a test kits.
Event or Problem Description
Customer sent a letter to sekisui stating that during the routine swabbing of a (b)(6) year old child, the child bit down on the swab and a 6 cm piece became lodged in the child's throat.Before the physician could remove the swab, the child swallowed the swab.The parents were required to sift through the child's feces for a few days until the swab bit was located.The child did pass the swab and the parents were able to find it.