MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. This maude entry was filed from a foreign,health professional report with the FDA on 2019-04-03 for TC METZENBAUM SCISSORS DEL CVD 230MM BC277R manufactured by Aesculap Ag.
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(b)(4). We received a complaint about seven pairs of scissors. According to the customer, the pairs of scissors are no longer cutting according to the desired quality. Furthermore, there are ten pairs of scissors in the hospital labelled with bc275r but they are 230mm long instead of 200mm. According to the available information, there were no negative consequences for the patient. All provided pairs of scissors are in used condition. Vigilance investigator carried out the pictorial documentation visually and microscopically. The dimensions of all provided products were checked. The labelling of the two products of complaint is not correct. The scissors are 230mm long instead of 200mm. Tus, they should have been labelled with the ref bc277r. All other provided scissors are labelled correctly. According to the q-coordinator of the production plant, quality assurance analyzed the case of mislabeling scissors bc275r. Orders bc275r and bc277r have been produced and released to laser marking department the same day. Most, likely the exchange of documentation did not take place during laser labeling and is traceable to an individual human mistake since the design of the scissors are very similar. A follow up training of all involved person will be initiated. Furthermore a cutting test was carried out. The insufficient cutting performance of the concerned products is most likely caused by wear and tear, due to the age and number of applications during this time. The device quality and manufacturing history records have been checked for all available lot numbers and found to be according to our specifications valid at the time of production. One similar incidents (wrong labelling) have been filed with products from batch 4507560233. No similar incidents (insufficient cutting) have been filed with products from these batches. Based on the information available as well as a result of our investigation the root cause of the wrong labelling is most probably related to a manufacturing error.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: N, H10
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It was reported by the healthcare professional "the wrong item numbers are on the scissors". All med watch submissions related to this are: 9610612-2019-00222 (this report), 9610612-2019-00223.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5
| Report Number | 9610612-2019-00222 |
| MDR Report Key | 8478262 |
| Report Source | FOREIGN,HEALTH PROFESSIONAL |
| Date Received | 2019-04-03 |
| Date of Report | 2019-04-02 |
| Date Facility Aware | 2019-03-28 |
| Date Mfgr Received | 2019-03-11 |
| Date Added to Maude | 2019-04-03 |
| Event Key | 0 |
| Report Source Code | Manufacturer report |
| Manufacturer Link | Y |
| Number of Patients in Event | 0 |
| Adverse Event Flag | 3 |
| Product Problem Flag | 3 |
| Reprocessed and Reused Flag | 3 |
| Reporter Occupation | OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL |
| Health Professional | 3 |
| Initial Report to FDA | 3 |
| Report to FDA | 3 |
| Event Location | 3 |
| Manufacturer Contact | MRS. NICOLE BROYLES |
| Manufacturer Street | 615 LAMBERT POINTE DRIVE |
| Manufacturer City | HAZELWOOD MO 63042 |
| Manufacturer Country | US |
| Manufacturer Postal | 63042 |
| Manufacturer G1 | AESCULAP AG |
| Manufacturer Street | PO BOX 40 |
| Manufacturer City | TUTTLINGEN, 78501 |
| Manufacturer Country | GM |
| Manufacturer Postal Code | 78501 |
| Single Use | 3 |
| Previous Use Code | 3 |
| Event Type | 3 |
| Type of Report | 3 |
| Brand Name | TC METZENBAUM SCISSORS DEL CVD 230MM |
| Generic Name | DUROTIP SCISSORS |
| Product Code | LRW |
| Date Received | 2019-04-03 |
| Returned To Mfg | 2019-03-12 |
| Model Number | BC277R |
| Catalog Number | BC277R |
| Operator | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL |
| Device Availability | R |
| Device Eval'ed by Mfgr | Y |
| Device Sequence No | 1 |
| Device Event Key | 0 |
| Manufacturer | AESCULAP AG |
| Manufacturer Address | PO BOX 40 TUTTLINGEN, 78501 GM 78501 |
| Patient Number | Treatment | Outcome | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2019-04-03 |