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InjuryEXB

NEW IMAGE CERAPLUS SKIN BARRIER WITH TAPE BORDER

Received Sep 17, 2019 · Event occurred Jul 15, 2019

Report 1119193-2019-00037 · MDR key 9076563

Device

Generic name

New Image Ceraplus Skin Barrier With Tape Border

Catalog number

11204

Lot number

UNKNOWN

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

Patient

67 YR

  • Skin Irritation
  • Skin Irritation

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

BIOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISO 10993 AND MATERIALS WERE FOUND TO BE NON-SENSITIZERS. DHR REVIEW NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE NOT NUMBER NOT KNOWN. SAMPLE REVIEW NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE NO SAMPLE AVAILABLE. TREND DATA REVIEWED AND NO ADVERSE TREND OBSERVED. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SKIN IRRITATION IS NOT KNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN END USER HAD A COLOSTOMY PERFORMED FOR HIS NEUROGENIC BOWEL. HE WAS DISCHARGED HOME WITH NYSTATIN POWDER AND A COMPETITOR'S SKIN PREP TO USE UNDER HIS APPLIANCE. HE WAS NOT TOLD HE HAD A YEAST OR FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION. WITHIN A WEEK OF SURGERY, HE EXPERIENCED BLISTERS AND RED WEEPY SKIN UNDER THE OSTOMY APPLIANCE. HE CONTINUES TO USE THE NYSTATIN POWDER AND SKIN PREP AND HE SAYS HIS SKIN IS IMPROVING.