PURFLOCK
Received Dec 21, 2020 · Event occurred Dec 16, 2020
Report 11045642 · MDR key 11045642
Device
Generic name
Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Sterile
Manufacturer
Puritan Medical Products Company LlcCatalog number
25-3320-U EMB
Lot number
264657
Product problems
- Break
Patient
29565 DA
- Foreign Body In Patient
- Foreign Body In Patient
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
NURSE WAS PERFORMING COVID SWAB AND WHEN PULLED OUT OF NOSE THE SWAB HAD BROKEN OFF AND WAS NOT FOUND IN PATIENT¿S NOSE. PHYSICIAN WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ENT DOCTOR WAS NEEDED. HOSPITALIST WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THEY WOULD PUT AN ORDER FOR ENT TO LOOK IN PATIENTS NOSE TODAY TO SEE IF THEY CAN RETRIEVE IT. PATIENT IS BREATHING FINE. ON NONREBREATHER INSTEAD OF BIPAP TONIGHT UNTIL SWAB RETRIEVED.
Description of Event or Problem
NURSE WAS PERFORMING COVID SWAB AND WHEN PULLED OUT OF NOSE THE SWAB HAD BROKEN OFF AND WAS NOT FOUND IN PATIENT¿S NOSE. PHYSICIAN WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ENT DOCTOR WAS NEEDED. HOSPITALIST WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THEY WOULD PUT AN ORDER FOR ENT TO LOOK IN PATIENTS NOSE TODAY TO SEE IF THEY CAN RETRIEVE IT. PATIENT IS BREATHING FINE. ON NONREBREATHER INSTEAD OF BIPAP TONIGHT UNTIL SWAB RETRIEVED.