BARRIER EXTRA PROTECTION PLUS SURGICAL GOWN, EXTRA LARGE

Description of Event or Problem

INITIAL REPORT FROM TERRITORY SALES MANAGER, CONCERNING AN ACCOUNT THAT HAD JUST CONVERTED FROM USING AN ENTIRE FLUID IMPERVIOUS GOWN TO A FLUID ZONED INPERVIOUS GOWN. THE CUSTOMER ALLEGED STRIKETHROUGH OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN. A TOTAL OF FIVE INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED FROM THIS HOSPITAL FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) BOWEL RESECTION, 2) INCISION AND DRAINAGE (I&D) - TWO SURGEONS, 3) TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND 4) SEVERE GUNSHOT WOUND. THIS REPORT IS FILED FOR NO. 3 ABOVE; SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW-UP BY TERRITORY SALES MANAGER WITH THE DOCTOR INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE STRIKETHROUGH MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE THIGH/KNEE AREA, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE REINFORCEMENT PANEL OF THE GOWN. NO BLOODBORRNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE WAS REPORTED.