What are FDA adverse event reports for Photometric Method, Magnesium?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Photometric Method, Magnesium, there are 363 total reports including 0 death reports and 10 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 Photometric Method, Magnesium?

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

Photometric Method, Magnesium

Name: Photometric Method, Magnesium - FDA MAUDE Adverse Event Reports
Creator: PlainHospital
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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 Photometric Method, Magnesium LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#980 of 1000 · 363 reports · 1997–2026

BOOK 363 reports
RANK #980 of 1000
DEATH 0 death-typed
INJ 10 injury-typed
MALF 352 malfunction
SPAN 1997–2026
PEAK 2022: 42
PHOTO Crutch

Nearest event-volume peer: Crutch (0 report gap)

Photometric Method, Magnesium sits #980 of 1000 among tracked device types with 363 MAUDE reports spanning 1997–2026. 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 2.8% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-27.7 pp)
MALF 97.0% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+32.5 pp)

Lead product-problem code High Test Results is 79% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer ABBOTT MANUFACTURING INC accounts for 40% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 56% of location-tagged rows .

Photometric M… (this)

363
Crutch

363
Lens, Contact,

363
System

363
Stimulator

362
Applier

361

What this shows Photometric Method, Magnesium carries 363 MAUDE reports, ranked #980 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 352 (97.0%)

Injury 10 (2.8%)

Other 1 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

351 (96.4%)

Other 8 (2.2%)

O 2 (0.5%)

Required Intervention 2 (0.5%)

Hospitalization 1 (0.3%)

Yearly Trend

1997: 1

2005: 1

2006: 5

2008: 1

2009: 4

2010: 4

2011: 13

2012: 22

2013: 26

2014: 4

2015: 24

2016: 4

2017: 18

2018: 21

2019: 31

2020: 34

2021: 33

2022: 42

2023: 31

2024: 17

2025: 22

2026: 5

Top Manufacturers

ABBOTT MANUFACTURING INC 94

ABBOTT GMBH 65

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS 35

BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 14

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 11

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 10

ABBOTT MANUFACTURING, INC. 8

Event Locations

203 (55.9%)

I 146 (40.2%)

LABORATORY 11 (3.0%)

NOT APPLICABLE 2 (0.6%)

HOSPITAL 1 (0.3%)

Compare ABBOTT MANUFACTURING INC vs ABBOTT GMBH →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Photometric Method, Magnesium, 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 (363 here).

Crutch 363 Lens, Contact, 363 System, Suction, Lipoplasty 363 Stimulator 362

Similar death-typed counts

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

Aberrometer, Ophthalmic 0 Accessories, Arthroscopic 0 Accessories, Cleaning Brushes, For Endoscope 0 Accessories, Implant, Dental, Endosseous 0

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Photometric Method, Magnesium 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 Photometric Method, Magnesium; 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.

Photometric Method, Magnesium

Event-type mix vs corpus