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3M™ Nexcare™ Durapore™ 538-P1Recalls & reported problems

3m Company · Nexcare™ Durapore™ Cloth Tape, 538-P1, 1 in x 10 yds, Rolled · Class 1

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 30051131000200), received between Aug 12, 2020 and Aug 12, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Bacterial Infection1
  • Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 12, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    A CONSUMER (GENDER/AGE NOT SPECIFIED) REPORTED THAT THEY APPLIED THE REFERENCED TAPE ON THE TOP OF THEIR HAND. DATE, DURATION OF WEAR AND # OF APPLICATIONS WAS NOT SPECIFIED. THE CONSUMER ALLEGED THE TAPE RIPPED A LAYER OF SKIN OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HAND. THE CONSUMER REPORTEDLY PULLED THE TAPE OFF SLOWLY. THE TAPE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED A RED, BUMPY INTENSE HEAT RASH. NO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS OR KNOWN ALLERGIES WERE SPECIFIED. THE CONSUMER ALLEGED THE AFFECTED SKIN AREA BECAME INFECTED. THE INFECTION WAS DESCRIBED AS A STAPH INFECTION. ANTIBIOTICS WERE REPORTEDLY NEED FOR TREATMENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Bacterial Infection; Injury

    MAUDE report 10395713 ↗

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