HENRY SCHEIN NON STERILE COTTON ROLLS #2
Received Mar 5, 2010 · Event occurred Sep 15, 2009
Report 2411236-2010-00001 · MDR key 1659877
Device
Generic name
Non Sterile Cotton Rolls #2
Manufacturer
A.r Medicom Inc.Catalog number
102-5455
Lot number
UNK
Product problems
- Normal
- Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)
Patient
49 YR
- Burning Sensation
- Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
SINCE (B)(6) OF 2009 THE DOCTOR ALLEGES THEY HAD SIX DIFFERENT PTS EXPERIENCE VARIOUS LEVELS OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CHEMICAL BURN CAUSED BY THE COTTON ROLLS. SOME OF THE PTS HAD TO BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AS A RESULT. ON (B)(6), 2009, DOCTOR PLACED COTTON ROLL IN LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT IN FRONT OF HER TEETH BEHIND LIP; PT FELT BURNING BUT DID NOT MENTION IT TO THE DOCTOR. THE PT CAME BACK TWO DAYS LATER AND EXPLAINED THERE WAS BURNING ON OTHER SIDE OF MOUTH. PT RETURNED ON (B)(6), 2010 AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIBIOTICS BY THE DOCTOR. THERE WAS PEELING AND TIGHT, SCARRING TISSUE.
Description of Event or Problem
ON (B)(6) 2009, THE PT WAS HAVING A BRIDGE PREP ON 3-6 AREA; A COTTON ROLL WAS PLACED IN THE UPPER AREA OF MOUTH. THE NEXT DAY THE PT ENDED UP WITH A HUGE CANKER SORE WHICH TOOK TEN DAYS TO HEAL.
Description of Event or Problem
ON (B)(6) 2010, THE DOCTOR PERFORMED SOME FILLINGS IN THE FRONT OF MOUTH. DURING A FOLLOW UP VISIT, EIGHT DAYS LATER, THE PT TOLD THE DOCTOR OF A BURN IN THE FRONT OF MOUTH LIKE A LARGE CANKER SORE.
Description of Event or Problem
ON (B)(6) 2010, DOCTOR WAS WORKING ON THE PT'S VERY BACK RIGHT OF MOUTH WHEN THE PT COMPLAINED OF BURNING. THE DOCTOR CLAIMS IT LOOKED LIKE A CHEMICAL BURN AND DISCOLORATION; LIP WAS BURNING. THE DOCTOR ALSO ALLEGES THE COTTON ROLLS INSTANTLY BURNED PT, NOT EVEN 30 SECONDS IN MOUTH. MOUTH WAS RINSED WITH WATER. PT WAS SEEN NEXT DAY; THE SKIN WAS COMING OFF AND PT HAD A MILD BURN.
Description of Event or Problem
ON (B)(6) , THE PT'S MOUTH WAS NUMB WHEN THE DOCTOR WORKED ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF MOUTH. THE DOCTOR ALLEGES THE FRONT PART OF MOUTH WAS FROZEN, THEREFORE, PT DID NOT FEEL THE BURNING. ONE MONTH LATER THE PT CAME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND COMPLAINED OF A BURN AND SCAR. PT WENT TO PHYSICIAN FOR ANTIBIOTICS AS THE INFECTION HAD SET IN. DOCTOR CLAIMS THE BURN TOOK ONE MONTH TO HEAL AND PT HAD SCARRING.
Description of Event or Problem
ON (B)(6) 2010, THE DOCTOR CLAIMS THE PT HAS A BURN ON THE INSIDE OF LIP EXACTLY THE SAME SHAPE OF THE COTTON ROLL. THE PT INSTANTLY COMPLAINED WHEN PLACED IN THE MOUTH THAT THE COTTON ROLL BURNED. PT CALLED THE DOCTOR BACK A FEW TIMES ALLEGING THAT IT FEELS LIKE HE HAS A PAPER STUCK TO HIS LIP AND IT FEELS LIKE A CHEMICAL BURN WITHOUT THE PAIN.