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ORASURE HIV-1 ORAL SPECIMEN COLLECTION DEVICE

Received May 17, 2000 · Event occurred Jul 1, 1999

Report 3023752-2000-00022 · MDR key 278386

Device

Generic name

Oral Fluid Specimen Collection Device

Manufacturer

Epitope, Inc.

Model number

503-0011

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

UNK

Product problems

  • Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)

Patient

UNKNOWN

  • Pain
  • Ulceration
  • Ulcer

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ON 10/25/99, A PT PRESENTED TO THE CLINIC AND REPORTED THAT PT HAD A SMALL NON-PAINFUL ULCER IN THE MOLAR REGION OF PT'S GUMS AND QUESTIONED WHETHER THE ORASURE COLLECTION COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. THE PT HAD COLLECTED AN ORAL FLUID SPECIMEN WITH THE DEVICE APPROX THREE MONTHS BEFORE AND NOTED THAT THE ULCER APPEARED SHORTLY AFTER USING THE DEVICE. THE ULCER HAD BEEN PRESENT SINCE THAT TIME.