BARRIER EXTRA PROTECTION PLUS 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 IMPERVIOUS GOWN. THE CUSTOMER ALLEGED STRIKETHROUGH OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN. A TOTAL OF FIVE INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED FORM THIS HOSPITAL FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) BOWEL RESECTION, 2) INCISION AND DRAPE (I&D) - TWO SURGEONS, 3) TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND 4) SEVERE GUNSHOT WOUND. THIS REPORT IS FILED FOR NO. 4 ABOVE; MS. FITZPATRICK, VISITED THE HOSPITAL AND WAS UNABLE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFO FOR THIS REPORT. NO BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE WAS REPORTED.