MAUDE MDR 5305985

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Patient 1

I USE A SINUPULSE ELITE NASAL WASH SYSTEM AND A RESMED CPAP WITH AN INTEGRATED HUMIDIFIER. I USE DISTILLED WATER IN BOTH DEVICES. I HAVE BEEN USING THE SINUPULSE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AND THE CPAP FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. I SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A SINUS INFECTION WHICH COMPLETELY CLOSED MY EYE. I WAS RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. I HAD TWO EMERGENCY SURGERIES ON MY EYE AND SINUSES (TWO SURGICAL TEAMS AT THE SAME TIME). THE DRAINAGE WAS CULTURED AND DETERMINED TO BE PSEUDOMONAS. I HAD NO RECENT PROCEDURES OR HOSPITALIZATIONS. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS ORBITAL CELLULITIS/ABCESS AND SINUSITIS CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS. NEITHER THE SINUPULSE OR RESMED CPAP WARNED OF THIS POSSIBILITY OR DISCUSSED HOW TO DISINFECT THEIR MACHINES. I USED DISTILLED WATER IN BOTH MACHINES.