What are FDA adverse event reports for Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile, there are 536 total reports including 6 death reports and 187 injury reports. These reports are submitted by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients. A high number of reports does not necessarily mean a device is unsafe, widely used devices naturally generate more reports.

How should I interpret MAUDE data for Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile?

MAUDE reports are raw adverse event submissions, not confirmed safety findings. A report that a device was involved in a death does not mean the device caused the death. Reports vary in quality and completeness. The FDA uses MAUDE data as one input among many in its safety surveillance, it does not draw conclusions from individual reports. Always consult your healthcare provider about device safety questions.

2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile

Name: Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile - FDA MAUDE Adverse Event Reports
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Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

Compiled by PlainHospital · August 14, 2026

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openFDA event book Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#846 of 1000 · 536 reports · 1994–2026

BOOK 536 reports
RANK #846 of 1000
DEATH 6 death-typed
INJ 187 injury-typed
MALF 290 malfunction
SPAN 1994–2026
PEAK 2021: 134
PHOTO Collector, Ostomy

Nearest event-volume peer: Collector, Ostomy (0 report gap)

Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile sits #846 of 1000 among tracked device types with 536 MAUDE reports spanning 1994–2026. 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 1.1% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (-0.4 pp)
INJ 34.9% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+4.4 pp)
MALF 54.1% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-10.4 pp)

Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 24% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer CAREFUSION, INC accounts for 70% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 36% of location-tagged rows .

Applier

539
Applicator (this)

536
Collector

536
Method

535
Culture Media

534
Accessories

533

What this shows Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile carries 536 MAUDE reports, ranked #846 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 290 (54.1%)

Injury 187 (34.9%)

Other 28 (5.2%)

25 (4.7%)

Death 6 (1.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

208 (37.6%)

Other 206 (37.3%)

Required Intervention 100 (18.1%)

Hospitalization 10 (1.8%)

R 9 (1.6%)

Death 6 (1.1%)

O 3 (0.5%)

S 3 (0.5%)

Disability 3 (0.5%)

Life Threatening 3 (0.5%)

L 1 (0.2%)

Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.2%)

Yearly Trend

1994: 1

1995: 2

1996: 16

1997: 29

1998: 4

1999: 3

2000: 7

2001: 2

2002: 2

2003: 3

2005: 1

2006: 7

2007: 11

2008: 13

2009: 7

2010: 15

2011: 42

2012: 37

2013: 34

2014: 14

2015: 6

2016: 11

2017: 18

2018: 9

2019: 10

2020: 64

2021: 134

2022: 13

2023: 9

2024: 5

2025: 5

2026: 2

Top Manufacturers

CAREFUSION, INC 108

CAREFUSION 23

COVIDIEN 23

Event Locations

I 191 (35.6%)

141 (26.3%)

HOSPITAL 108 (20.1%)

HOME 42 (7.8%)

NO INFORMATION 25 (4.7%)

INVALID DATA 13 (2.4%)

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 8 (1.5%)

NURSING HOME 2 (0.4%)

OTHER 2 (0.4%)

UNKNOWN 2 (0.4%)

AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 1 (0.2%)

NOT APPLICABLE 1 (0.2%)

Compare CAREFUSION, INC vs CAREFUSION →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile, 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 (536 here).

Collector, Ostomy 536 Method, Enzymatic, Glucose 535 Culture Media 534 Accessories, Pump, Infusion 533

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (6 here), distinct from the volume row.

Cable, Electrode 6 Catheter, Straight 6 Device, Percutaneous Retrieval 6 Dilator, Catheter, Ureteral 6

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile 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 Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile; 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.

Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile

Event-type mix vs corpus