3M™ Micropore™ 1530-1 (UDI 30707387065974)Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 30707387065974), received between Feb 4, 2019 and Apr 15, 2021 — classified as 5 injuries.

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 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryApr 15, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A VENOUS NEEDLE THAT WAS SECURED WITH 3M MICROPORE SURGICAL TAPE DISLODGED WITH BLOOD LEAKAGE AFTER ABOUT 1.5 HOURS OF DIALYSIS TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT STARTED WITH TWO 15-GAUGE ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA NEEDLES. EACH SITE HAD A 2X2 GAUGE TO CUSHION UNDER THE NEEDLE, THEN WAS SECURED WITH FOUR PIECES OF TAPE TO STABILIZE THE NEEDLE.

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 11674427 ↗
• InjuryMar 13, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  AN EU REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN (B)(6) REPORTED A CUSTOMER ALLEGED ON (B)(6) 2019 THEY APPLIED 3M¿ MICROPORE¿ TAPE 1530-1 ON THEIR CHILD AT HOME. PATIENT SPECIFICS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. LOCATION WHERE THE TAPE WAS APPLIED, THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WAS ON THE CHILD AND INDICATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. SYMPTOMS ALLEGED INCLUDED BLISTERING AND FULL THICKNESS WOUNDS. UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE TAPE. REPORTER ALLEGED PATIENT REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION THAT INCLUDED DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT. CURRENT STATUS OF PATIENT WAS REPORTED AS "CONTINUING". HISTORY OF ALLERGIES AND SKIN SENSITIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Patient Problem/Medical Problem; Peeling; Skin Irritation

  MAUDE report 9829558 ↗
• InjuryNov 26, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A MALE PATIENT ALLEGED REDNESS/SCARRING AFTER HE APPLIED AND REMOVED 3M¿ MICROPORE¿ SURGICAL TAPE (1530-1) TO HIS FACE TO SECURE A PLASTIC EYE PATCH OVER THE RIGHT EYE AFTER CATARACT SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2019. THE PATIENT APPLIED THE TAPE HE RECEIVED FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT SAME EVENING TO THE FOREHEAD AND SIDE OF THE FACE TO SECURE THE EYE PATCH. THE EYE PATCH WAS WORN OVERNIGHT AND THE SKIN REDNESS WAS NOTICED UNDER THE TAPE APPLICATION SITE AFTER HE REMOVED THE TAPE THE NEXT DAY. THE TAPE WAS NOT REAPPLIED. THE PATIENT PURCHASED AN OTC SCAR CREAM AND APPLIED THE CREAM ONE TIME TO THE RED SKIN AREAS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT OBSERVED. THE PATIENT VISITED HIS EYE SURGEON THE DAY AFTER SURGERY FOR FOLLOW UP AND NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE SYMPTOM. THE PATIENT VISITED HIS EYE SURGEON AGAIN 2.5 WEEKS LATER AND WAS PRESCRIBED HYDROCORTISONE VALERATE CREAM TO APPLY TWICE A DAY. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE SKIN AREA, DESCRIBED AS REDNESS WITH SCARRING, HAS LIGHTENED.

  Patient problems: Erythema; Scarring

  MAUDE report 9380083 ↗
• InjuryOct 29, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A COMPLAINT RECEIVED FROM THE DANISH MEDICINES AGENCY ALLEGED A SKIN RASH, SKIN REDNESS AND A 2X2 CM SCAR ON THE LEFT CHEEK OF A PREMATURE PEDIATRIC PATIENT. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY HAD A FEEDING TUBE AFFIXED WITH A WHITE BANDAGE AND AFTER TEN DAYS, A RASH APPEARED ON THE LEFT CHEEK WHERE THE BANDAGE WAS. THE WHITE BANDAGE USED WAS ALLEGED TO PROBABLY BE 3M¿ MICROPORE¿ SURGICAL TAPE. COSMETIC SKIN CHANGE WAS ALLEGED TO STILL BE VISIBLE TWELVE YEARS LATER.

  Patient problems: Erythema; Rash; Scarring

  MAUDE report 9252170 ↗
• InjuryFeb 4, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A PLASTIC SURGEON REPORTED TWO PATIENTS EXPERIENCED SEVERE REACTIVE DERMATITIS. THE DERMATITIS ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED EXCLUSIVELY WHERE 1530-1 3M¿ MICROPORE¿ TAPE WAS APPLIED. THE PLASTIC SURGEON REPORTED THERE WAS NO SIGN OF INFECTION, CLEARLY A REACTIVE DERMATITIS, THUS ANTIBIOTICS HAD NO EFFECT. THE MICROPORE¿ TAPE WAS DISCONTINUED. THE PLASTIC SURGEON REPORTED THE DERMATITIS SLOWLY RESOLVED FOLLOWING INPUT FROM DERMATOLOGISTS AND USE OF TOPICAL STEROID CREAMS (UNSPECIFIED TYPE).

  Patient problems: Local Reaction

  MAUDE report 8301950 ↗