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Calculator, Drug Dose

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 Calculator, Drug Dose LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#553 of 1000 · 1,514 reports · 2008–2026

  • BOOK 1,514 reports
  • RANK #553 of 1000
  • DEATH 1 death-typed
  • INJ 33 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,471 malfunction
  • SPAN 2008–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 463
  • PHOTO Continuous Glucose Mo…

Nearest event-volume peer: Continuous Glucose Monitor, Implanted, Adjunctive Use (0 report gap)

Calculator, Drug Dose sits #553 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,514 MAUDE reports spanning 2008–2026. 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 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 2.2% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-28.3 pp)
  • MALF 97.2% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+32.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code Wireless Communication Problem is 57% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer COMPANION MEDICAL INC accounts for 75% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 93% of location-tagged rows .

Calculator, Drug Dose in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Calculator, Drug Dose carries 1,514 MAUDE reports, ranked #553 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,471 (97.2%)
Injury 33 (2.2%)
Other 7 (0.5%)
2 (0.1%)
Death 1 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,470 (96.5%)
Other 17 (1.1%)
Required Intervention 17 (1.1%)
R 7 (0.5%)
Life Threatening 6 (0.4%)
O 2 (0.1%)
Death 2 (0.1%)
Disability 1 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Wireless Communication Problem 915
Computer Software Problem 418
Appropriate Term/Code Not Available 57
Application Program Problem: Dose Calculation Error 50
Incorrect Software Programming Calculations 33
Data Problem 24
Patient Device Interaction Problem 20
Break 18
Insufficient Flow or Under Infusion 10
Material Integrity Problem 10
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 7
Battery Problem 7
Application Program Problem 4
Material Too Rigid or Stiff 4
No Apparent Adverse Event 4
Unauthorized Access to Computer System 4
Communication or Transmission Problem 3
Failure to Align 3
Fluid/Blood Leak 3
Patient Data Problem 3

Yearly Trend

08
2008: 7
09
2009: 4
10
2010: 18
11
2011: 11
12
2012: 2
13
2013: 1
14
2014: 1
15
2015: 1
16
2016: 18
17
2017: 25
18
2018: 21
19
2019: 18
20
2020: 10
21
2021: 11
22
2022: 347
23
2023: 463
24
2024: 168
25
2025: 303
26
2026: 85

Related Entities for Calculator, Drug Dose

Top Manufacturers

COMPANION MEDICAL INC 1,072
MEDTRONIC MINIMED 287
ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC. 75

Event Locations

1,412 (93.3%)
I 94 (6.2%)
NO INFORMATION 5 (0.3%)
OTHER 2 (0.1%)
HOSPITAL 1 (0.1%)

Compare COMPANION MEDICAL INC vs MEDTRONIC MINIMED →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Calculator, Drug Dose, 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 (1,514 here).

Continuous Glucose Monitor 1,514 Nad Reduction/Nadh Oxidation 1,513 Wrench 1,517 Toothbrush, Manual 1,520

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (1 here), distinct from the volume row.

Abutment, Implant, Dental, Endosseous 1 Active Implantable Bone Conduction Hearing… 1 Aid, Surgical, Viscoelastic 1 Alarm, Conditioned Response Enuresis 1

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Calculator, Drug Dose 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 Calculator, Drug Dose; 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.