MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. This maude entry was filed with the FDA on 2009-05-03 for PILL BOX manufactured by Cvs.
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My mother, who is blind, purchased a replacement pillbox from cvs drugstore, same blue color she has always used. She was expecting the box to span for a week-smtwtfs-, but the first cell was -mtwtfss-. The nurse filled the cells according to the correct day, but it was entirely too easy for mom to mistake one day for another. Why are manufacturers allowed to decide how to make pillboxes smtwtfs, or mtwtfss. The latter also puts two "s" days next to each other. It is unsafe. Failure to standardize 100% of pillboxes presents consumers with a booby trap. For people like my mom, who is blind, takes 10 different meds including coumadin, it was a horrible hazard! Cvs should recall all those mtwtfss pillboxes. They are a med error just waiting to happen! I could easily be reporting an injury or death from this product. Please help.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5
| Report Number | MW5010966 |
| MDR Report Key | 1374498 |
| Date Received | 2009-05-03 |
| Date of Report | 2009-05-03 |
| Date of Event | 2009-05-02 |
| Date Added to Maude | 2009-05-12 |
| Event Key | 0 |
| Report Source Code | Voluntary report |
| Manufacturer Link | N |
| Number of Patients in Event | 0 |
| Adverse Event Flag | 3 |
| Product Problem Flag | 3 |
| Reprocessed and Reused Flag | 0 |
| Reporter Occupation | PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND |
| Health Professional | 3 |
| Initial Report to FDA | 3 |
| Report to FDA | 0 |
| Event Location | 0 |
| Single Use | 0 |
| Previous Use Code | 0 |
| Event Type | 3 |
| Type of Report | 3 |
| Generic Name | PILL BOX |
| Product Code | OHY |
| Date Received | 2009-05-03 |
| Returned To Mfg | 2009-05-03 |
| Device Availability | R |
| Device Sequence No | 1 |
| Device Event Key | 0 |
| Manufacturer | CVS |
| Patient Number | Treatment | Outcome | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2009-05-03 |