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Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#637 of 1000 · 1,081 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 1,081 reports
  • RANK #637 of 1000
  • DEATH 24 death-typed
  • INJ 253 injury-typed
  • MALF 698 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2021: 143
  • PHOTO Automated Urinalysis…

Nearest event-volume peer: Automated Urinalysis System (1 report gap)

Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care sits #637 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,081 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 2.2% corpus 1.5% · above corpus mean (+0.7 pp)
  • INJ 23.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-7.0 pp)
  • MALF 64.6% corpus 64.5% · near corpus mean (+0.1 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 20% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer CAREFUSION, INC accounts for 75% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 55% of location-tagged rows .

Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care carries 1,081 MAUDE reports, ranked #637 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 698 (64.6%)
Injury 253 (23.4%)
103 (9.5%)
Death 24 (2.2%)
Other 3 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

Other 615 (55.2%)
234 (21.0%)
Required Intervention 173 (15.5%)
Death 27 (2.4%)
Hospitalization 25 (2.2%)
R 17 (1.5%)
Life Threatening 7 (0.6%)
O 6 (0.5%)
L 5 (0.4%)
H 4 (0.4%)
D 1 (0.1%)
S 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Break 131
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 67
Material Separation 59
Detachment of Device or Device Component 54
Fluid/Blood Leak 53
Leak/Splash 51
Fracture 38
Sharp Edges 27
Disconnection 24
Material Puncture/Hole 24
Complete Blockage 20
Unsealed Device Packaging 19
Contamination 12
Crack 12
Device Handling Problem 12
Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging 11
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 10
Migration 10
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 9
Material Split, Cut or Torn 9

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 4
93
1993: 2
95
1995: 1
99
1999: 2
03
2003: 3
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 1
07
2007: 2
08
2008: 2
09
2009: 2
10
2010: 8
11
2011: 23
12
2012: 16
13
2013: 78
14
2014: 94
15
2015: 82
16
2016: 49
17
2017: 62
18
2018: 51
19
2019: 57
20
2020: 68
21
2021: 143
22
2022: 62
23
2023: 108
24
2024: 70
25
2025: 74
26
2026: 16

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Top Manufacturers

CAREFUSION, INC 521
CAREFUSION 145
BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS 26

Event Locations

599 (55.4%)
I 390 (36.1%)
HOSPITAL 61 (5.6%)
NO INFORMATION 16 (1.5%)
HOME 9 (0.8%)
OTHER 2 (0.2%)
HOSPICE 1 (0.1%)
INVALID DATA 1 (0.1%)
NURSING HOME 1 (0.1%)
UNKNOWN 1 (0.1%)

Compare CAREFUSION, INC vs CAREFUSION →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (1,081 here).

Automated Urinalysis System 1,080 Instrument 1,086 Introducer, Syringe Needle 1,076 Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid 1,074

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (24 here), distinct from the volume row.

Catheter, Oximeter, Fiber-Optic 24 Chair, Positioning, Electric 24 Laparoscope, Gynecologic 24 Mesh 24

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Apparatus, Suction, Patient Care; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.