2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Culture Media, Non-Selective And Non-Differential

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 Culture Media LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#687 of 1000 · 866 reports · 2008–2026

  • BOOK 866 reports
  • RANK #687 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 21 injury-typed
  • MALF 842 malfunction
  • SPAN 2008–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 228
  • PHOTO Condylar Plate Fixati…

Nearest event-volume peer: Condylar Plate Fixation Implant (2 report gap)

Culture Media, Non-Selective And Non-Differential sits #687 of 1000 among tracked device types with 866 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 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 2.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-28.0 pp)
  • MALF 97.2% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+32.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings is 48% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) accounts for 62% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 88% of location-tagged rows .

Culture Media in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Culture Media, Non-Selective And Non-Differential carries 866 MAUDE reports, ranked #687 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 842 (97.2%)
Injury 21 (2.4%)
Other 3 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

823 (95.0%)
Other 38 (4.4%)
Required Intervention 4 (0.5%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 408
Contamination 237
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 76
Contamination of Device Ingredient or Reagent 57
Microbial Contamination of Device 18
Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material 16
Missing Information 6
Contamination /Decontamination Problem 3
False Negative Result 3
Fluid/Blood Leak 3
Break 2
False Positive Result 2
Material Opacification 2
Output Problem 2
Product Quality Problem 2
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 1
Component Missing 1
Connection Problem 1
Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping 1
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 1

Yearly Trend

08
2008: 4
10
2010: 3
11
2011: 1
12
2012: 7
13
2013: 1
14
2014: 1
16
2016: 1
17
2017: 3
19
2019: 25
20
2020: 1
21
2021: 177
22
2022: 198
23
2023: 182
24
2024: 32
25
2025: 228
26
2026: 2

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Event Locations

761 (87.9%)
I 96 (11.1%)
NO INFORMATION 6 (0.7%)
HOSPITAL 3 (0.3%)

Compare BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) vs BECTON DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Culture Media, 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 (866 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Culture Media 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 Culture Media; 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.