PELTON CRANE AIR WATER SYRINGE
Received May 14, 2001 · Event occurred Jul 1, 1999
Report MW1021883 · MDR key 333049
Device
Generic name
Air Water Syringe
Manufacturer
Pelton & Crane CoModel number
NICatalog number
NI
Lot number
NI
Product problems
- Reaction
Patient
NO INFO
- Abscess
- Bacterial Infection
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
RPTR TOOK CARE OF A PT WHO HAD A BRAIN ABSCESS DUE TO S. VIRIDANS. ABOUT 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE BRAIN ABSCESS MANIFESTED ITSELF, PT HAD BEEN TO DENTIST FOR A CLEANING. WHEN RPTR MADE THE DIAGNOSIS, THEY COMMENTED TO THE PT AND FAMILY THAT THE ORGANISM IDENTIFIED WAS TYPICAL MOUTH FLORA AND THAT DENTAL CLEANING WAS A KNOWN PRECEDING EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN ABSCESS. THE PT AND FAMILY HAVE SEEN A TELEVISION REPORT OF BRAIN ABSCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EQUIPMENT REFERENCED ABOVE. THEY CALLED THE DENTIST, AND, INDEED, THIS IS THE TOOL HE USED TO CLEAN PT'S TEETH.