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Subsystem, Water Purification

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 Subsystem, Water Purification LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#766 of 1000 · 686 reports · 1993–2026

  • BOOK 686 reports
  • RANK #766 of 1000
  • DEATH 9 death-typed
  • INJ 40 injury-typed
  • MALF 596 malfunction
  • SPAN 1993–2026
  • PEAK 2024: 174
  • PHOTO Endoscopic Cytology B…

Nearest event-volume peer: Endoscopic Cytology Brush (0 report gap)

Subsystem, Water Purification sits #766 of 1000 among tracked device types with 686 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. 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 1.3% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (-0.2 pp)
  • INJ 5.8% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-24.6 pp)
  • MALF 86.9% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+22.4 pp)

Lead product-problem code Thermal Decomposition of Device is 51% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION accounts for 68% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 83% of location-tagged rows .

Subsystem, Water Purification in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Subsystem, Water Purification carries 686 MAUDE reports, ranked #766 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 596 (86.9%)
Injury 40 (5.8%)
25 (3.6%)
Other 16 (2.3%)
Death 9 (1.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

617 (88.9%)
Other 30 (4.3%)
Required Intervention 15 (2.2%)
Death 9 (1.3%)
Hospitalization 9 (1.3%)
Life Threatening 7 (1.0%)
H 3 (0.4%)
R 2 (0.3%)
O 1 (0.1%)
Disability 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Thermal Decomposition of Device 311
Fluid/Blood Leak 170
Melted 38
Sparking 21
Arcing 17
Smoking 13
Break 6
Crack 5
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 3
Corroded 2
Device Displays Incorrect Message 2
Filtration Problem 2
Fitting Problem 2
Loss of or Failure to Bond 2
Material Disintegration 2
Material Integrity Problem 2
Microbial Contamination of Device 2
Misassembly During Maintenance/Repair 2
Component Incompatible 1
Contamination /Decontamination Problem 1

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 1
94
1994: 2
96
1996: 1
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 1
99
1999: 1
00
2000: 16
01
2001: 2
02
2002: 8
03
2003: 4
04
2004: 3
05
2005: 3
06
2006: 4
07
2007: 1
08
2008: 5
10
2010: 12
11
2011: 4
12
2012: 4
13
2013: 41
14
2014: 34
15
2015: 12
16
2016: 3
17
2017: 6
18
2018: 3
19
2019: 13
20
2020: 12
21
2021: 35
22
2022: 57
23
2023: 140
24
2024: 174
25
2025: 77
26
2026: 6

Related Entities for Subsystem, Water Purification

Top Manufacturers

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 121
VANTIVE US HEALTHCARE LLC 49
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP. 4
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - LARGO 3

Event Locations

570 (83.1%)
I 65 (9.5%)
HOSPITAL 23 (3.4%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 16 (2.3%)
NO INFORMATION 7 (1.0%)
DIALYSIS CENTER 1 (0.1%)
DIALYSIS UNIT 1 (0.1%)
OTHER 1 (0.1%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 1 (0.1%)
UNKNOWN 1 (0.1%)

Compare BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION vs VANTIVE US HEALTHCARE LLC →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Subsystem, Water Purification, 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 (686 here).

Endoscopic Cytology Brush 686 Oximeter, Tissue Saturation 685 Radioimmunoassay, Estradiol 689 Osteotome 680

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (9 here), distinct from the volume row.

Blood Establishment Computer Software And A… 9 Catheter, Conduction, Anesthetic 9 Choledochoscope And Accessories 9 Connector, Airway 9

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Subsystem, Water Purification 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 Subsystem, Water Purification; 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.