AVANOS 42772Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00350770427720), received between Mar 28, 2024 and Mar 28, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fluid/Blood Leak” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMar 28, 2024Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  IT WAS REPORTED "THE PEG [PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY] WAS PLACED FEBRUARY 15TH; THE TUBE HAD A NOTABLE SMALL LEAKAGE FROM THE PORT FROM DAY ONE HOWEVER THE LEAKAGE BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED WITH USE OF THE EXTENSION SET. CONFIRMED LEAKAGE FROM THE TUBE, UPON DISCONTINUATION OF A FEEDING THE TUBE WILL SLOW LEAK FROM THE PORT. STOMA CONFIRMED DRY AND NOT INVOLVED BY SATURATION WITH POWDER, THE POWDER WAS DRY BUT THE PADS WERE WET ON THE OUTER SIDE SHOWING THAT THE PORT OF THE G-TUBE HAD LEAKED... ON MARCH 1ST ITCHING BURNING AND BLEEDING WAS NOTED... ON MARCH 4 AN IMMEDIATE CARE VISIT WAS MADE... ON MARCH 7TH DERMATOLOGY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A YEAST AND PROBABLE GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTION." THE PATIENT DEVELOPED FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTION DUE TO EXPOSURE TO STOMACH ACIDS. "TREATMENT FOR THE PATIENT ENTAILED OUTPATIENT DERMATOLOGY / IMMEDIATE CARE CENTER, DIAGNOSES: INFECTION OF A STOMA - GASTROSTOMY - STOMATITIS - BACTERIAL, INFECTION OF A STOMA - GASTROSTOMY - STOMATITIS - FUNGAL (CANDIDA ALBICANS). TREATMENT RENDERED INCLUDED TOPICAL ANTIFUNGAL, ORAL ANTIFUNGAL, MONITORING, TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC, CHANGE OF PEG TUBE AFTER MAJORITY OF INFECTION WAS CLEARED."

  Patient problems: Bacterial Infection; Burning Sensation; Fungal Infection; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Itching Sensation

  MAUDE report 18997243 ↗