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InjuryFFZ

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Received Jan 17, 2007

Report 1418479-2007-00001 · MDR key 813648

Device

Generic name

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Manufacturer

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Model number

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Catalog number

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Lot number

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Product problems

  • Hole In Material
  • Undercorrection

Patient

43 YR

  • Burn(s)
  • Burn, Thermal

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED DUE TO END USER CANNOT DETERMINE WHICH CORD WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN HANDED THE SCOPE TO THE SCRUB TECH AND ASKED FOR THE LIGHT TO BE TURNED OFF. THE LIGHT CORD WAS PUT DOWN ON THE DRAPE. MOMENTS LATER A BLACK HOLE IN THE DRAPE WAS NOTICED. THE DRAPE WAS REMOVED AND THE PT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BURN ON THE LOWER LIP.