Through the 2019 fda inspection, it was identified that while ad-tech was evaluating reportability for actual events in which death or serious injury had occurred, ad-tech had failed to submit events in which a malfunction was reported and could result in a serious injury if the event were to recur.As part of the investigation, a two (2) year retrospective review of complaints was performed to determine which complaints required submission of an mdr.
Event or Problem Description
An ad-tech clinical specialist attending a case at a user facility reported that a drill bit began smoking during use.They switched to another drill and continued the case successfully.There was no report of patient harm.