What are FDA adverse event reports for Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage, there are 383 total reports including 3 death reports and 28 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 Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage?

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.

2020 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage

Name: Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage - 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 Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#966 of 1000 · 383 reports · 1992–2020

BOOK 383 reports
RANK #966 of 1000
DEATH 3 death-typed
INJ 28 injury-typed
MALF 326 malfunction
SPAN 1992–2020
PEAK 2006: 127
PHOTO Catheter

Nearest event-volume peer: Catheter, Cholangiography (1 report gap)

Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage sits #966 of 1000 among tracked device types with 383 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2020. 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 0.8% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-0.7 pp)
INJ 7.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-23.1 pp)
MALF 85.1% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+20.6 pp)

Lead product-problem code Component Missing is 14% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. accounts for 47% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 95% of location-tagged rows .

Controller

388
Lead

388
Stool

386
Catheter

384
Refrigerator (this)

383
Scissors

378

What this shows Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage carries 383 MAUDE reports, ranked #966 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 326 (85.1%)

Injury 28 (7.3%)

18 (4.7%)

Other 8 (2.1%)

Death 3 (0.8%)

Patient Outcomes

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

322 (82.8%)

Required Intervention 25 (6.4%)

Other 19 (4.9%)

Hospitalization 13 (3.3%)

R 5 (1.3%)

Death 3 (0.8%)

L 1 (0.3%)

Life Threatening 1 (0.3%)

Yearly Trend

1992: 2

1999: 1

2000: 1

2001: 1

2002: 5

2003: 78

2004: 64

2005: 61

2006: 127

2007: 1

2008: 32

2009: 1

2010: 2

2012: 1

2013: 1

2019: 3

2020: 2

Top Manufacturers

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. 149

BAXTER HEALTHCARE 132

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 29

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP 7

Event Locations

365 (95.3%)

HOSPITAL 8 (2.1%)

NO INFORMATION 3 (0.8%)

I 2 (0.5%)

INVALID DATA 1 (0.3%)

LABORATORY/PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT 1 (0.3%)

NOT APPLICABLE 1 (0.3%)

OTHER 1 (0.3%)

UNKNOWN 1 (0.3%)

Compare BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. vs BAXTER HEALTHCARE →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage, 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 (383 here).

Catheter, Cholangiography 384 Stool, Operating-Room 386 Controller, Foot, Handpiece And Cord 388 Lead, Atomic Absorption 388

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (3 here), distinct from the volume row.

Analyzer, Pacemaker Generator Function 3 Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered 3 Bronchial Thermoplasty System 3 Bur, Ear, Nose And Throat 3

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage 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 Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage; 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.

Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage

Event-type mix vs corpus