Ballard* Closed Suction System 93902Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00609038939025), received between Apr 6, 2023 and Apr 6, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Misconnection” (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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 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.

• InjuryApr 6, 2023Misconnection; Misconnection

  IT WAS REPORTED, THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT¿S FEEDING TUBE (ATTACHED TO THE UPPER CHEST AREA TO PREVENT PULLING/TUGGING BY THE PATIENT) WAS INTENTIONALLY DISCONNECTED TO WEIGH THE PATIENT, AND THEN MISTAKENLY RECONNECTED TO THE SALINE FLUSH PORT WHICH WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FEEDING TUBE CONNECTION. THIS CAUSED THE FEEDING TO INFUSE INTO THE PATIENT¿S LUNGS FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES; MOST OF THE CONTENTS WERE ABLE TO BE SUCTIONED FROM THE PATIENT¿S LUNGS; HOWEVER, MILD ASPIRATION WAS OBSERVED WITH NO LONG-TERM UNTOWARD OUTCOME. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 23MAR2023 REPORTED, THE PATIENT AS RECEIVING JEVITY 1.2 FEEDING. THE REPORTED INCIDENT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT (C NA) WHEN A WHITE SUBSTANCE WAS NOTED TO BE COMING FROM THE TRACHEOSTOMY; THE PATIENT RECEIVED IV ANTIBIOTICS FOR ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA (PNA), THEIR CURRENT STATUS WAS REPORTEDLY AT BASELINE.

  Patient problems: Aspiration Pneumonitis

  MAUDE report 16693484 ↗