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OXYGEN REGULATOR CGA 870 STYLE BARBED OUTLET 0-15 LPM

Received Jan 21, 2021 · Event occurred Dec 21, 2020

Report 3006446479-2021-00001 · MDR key 11210423

Device

Generic name

Oxygen Regulator

Model number

RES043

Catalog number

RES043

Product problems

  • Insufficient Device Problem Information
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information

Patient

Not reported

  • Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn
  • Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

END USER REPORTS ON DECEMBER 21, 2020 THE END USER WAS CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN TANK AND WHEN PLACING THE REGULATOR ON THE TANK A HISSING SOUND WAS HEARD. END USER REPORTS SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON RING FINGER, INDEX FINGER AND ON THE THUMB. END USER WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 2.19.2021: THE CUSTOMER FILING THE INITIAL INCIDENT PERFORMED AN EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE THROUGH THEIR PROCESSES AND INFORMED SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS ON JANUARY 28, 2021 THAT THE DEVICE WAS WORKING PROPERLY AND DEMONSTRATED NO ISSUES. THE DEVICE HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED TO SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS.

Description of Event or Problem

END USER REPORTS CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN TAK AND WHEN THE END USER PLACED THE REGULATORY (RES043) ONTO THE OXYGEN TANK, THERE WAS A HISSIING NOISE HEARD. END USER THEN REPORTS SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON THE THUMB, INDEX FINGER AND RING FINGER. END USER REPORTS GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

END USER REPORTS ON (B)(6) 2020 THE END USER WAS CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN TANK AND WHEN PLACING THE REGULATOR ON THE TANK A HISSING SOUND WAS HEARD. END USER REPORTS SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON RING FINGER, INDEX FINGER AND ON THE THUMB. END USER WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.

Description of Event or Problem

END USER REPORTS CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN TANK AND WHEN THE END USER PLACED THE REGULATORY (RES043) ONTO THE OXYGEN TANK, THERE WAS A HISSIING NOISE HEARD. END USER THEN REPORTS SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON THE THUMB, INDEX FINGER AND RING FINGER. END USER REPORTS GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.