BAR CODE READER

MAUDE Adverse Event Report

MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. This maude entry was filed with the FDA on 2016-04-08 for BAR CODE READER manufactured by Cerner Corp.

Event Text Entries

[42213899]
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: N, H10


[42213900] In (b)(6) 2015, the blood bank encountered an unanticipated problem with scanning expiration dates and unit numbers after implementation of a cerner upgrade resulting in truncated or scrambled numbers. While some of these issues were resolved, the problem remains for (b)(6) numbers and the unit numbers. This occurs randomly and across all pc's and bar-code readers. This can unnecessarily disrupt the provision of care to patients and result in the wasting of blood product. We do not know if this problem can or will extend to blood type bar coding, which may have significant impact for the patient. We have notified cerner of the issues, but have been unable to reproduce the errors. A software update by cerner is available that should address the unit numbers, but not the (b)(4) number problem. On 3/9/2016 the software version was updated to the (b)(6) program on the blood bank computers ((b)(6). ) on 3/12/2016 the bar-code scanners were recalibrated to read slower. Errors still occurred.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5


MAUDE Entry Details

Report Number5563018
MDR Report Key5563018
Date Received2016-04-08
Date of Report2016-03-16
Date of Event2016-02-18
Report Date2016-03-01
Date Reported to FDA2016-03-01
Date Reported to Mfgr2016-03-01
Date Added to Maude2016-04-08
Event Key0
Report Source CodeUser Facility report
Manufacturer LinkN
Number of Patients in Event0
Adverse Event Flag0
Product Problem Flag3
Reprocessed and Reused Flag3
Health Professional3
Initial Report to FDA3
Report to FDA3
Event Location3
Single Use3
Previous Use Code3
Event Type3
Type of Report3

Device Details

Brand NameBAR CODE READER
Generic NameBAR CODE READER
Product CodeNZH
Date Received2016-04-08
Device AvailabilityY
Device Eval'ed by MfgrR
Device Sequence No1
Device Event Key0
ManufacturerCERNER CORP
Manufacturer Address2800 ROCKCREEK PARKWAY KANSAS CITY, MO 64117 US 64117


Patients

Patient NumberTreatmentOutcomeDate
10 2016-04-08

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