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B & B BITE PROOF BITE BLOCK

Received Jul 17, 2001 · Event occurred Jul 10, 2001

Report MW1022407 · MDR key 342495

Device

Generic name

Bite Block

Model number

*

Catalog number

11040

Lot number

010101

Product problems

  • Migration or Expulsion of Device

Patient

68 YR

  • Foreign body, removal of

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

BITE BLOCK HAD BEEN PLACED TO PREVENT PT FROM BITING ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE DURING SUCTIONING (PER RN GOING OFF DUTY REPORT). WHEN RN ASSESSED PT NOTED PT WAS BITING ON ET TUBE. RN OBSERVED BIT BLOCK IN PT MOUTH, ABLE TO EXTRACT FROM BACK OF THROAT WITH HEMOSTATS.