ABBOTT

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ABBOTT come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1992–2026 · heavy-book · elevated Death-code · balanced

Volume signature

ABBOTT sits in the heavy MAUDE book

ABBOTT accounts for 38,329 FDA MAUDE reports (#93 of 443, heavy-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.91% (elevated); Injury share 41.1% (balanced).

What the volume reading shows for ABBOTT

The standout signal for ABBOTT is filing volume: 38,329 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#93 of 443, heavy-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.91% (elevated).

As a heavy-book manufacturer, portfolio size and reporting obligations inflate absolute counts - pair ABBOTT with device-family pages before treating company totals as a safety verdict. Event_type Death and Injury are one code per report; Patient Outcomes below use a separate FDA population.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 22,185 (57.9% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 7,098 reports across 35 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

38,329
Total Reports
350
Event-type Death
15,750
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 22,185 (57.9%)
Injury 15,750 (41.1%)
Death 350 (0.9%)
29 (0.1%)
Other 15 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

21,983 (53.3%)
Required Intervention 10,015 (24.3%)
Other 3,602 (8.7%)
R 2,465 (6.0%)
Hospitalization 2,265 (5.5%)
Death 307 (0.7%)
O 251 (0.6%)
H 111 (0.3%)
L 81 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 80 (0.2%)
D 31 (0.1%)
S 16 (0.0%)
Disability 16 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 6 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 5 (0.0%)
C 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 4
93
1993: 7
94
1994: 6
95
1995: 6
96
1996: 1
97
1997: 3
98
1998: 5
99
1999: 3
00
2000: 5
01
2001: 15
02
2002: 20
03
2003: 10
04
2004: 15
05
2005: 5
06
2006: 7
07
2007: 6
08
2008: 10
09
2009: 9
10
2010: 56
11
2011: 342
12
2012: 25
13
2013: 16
14
2014: 27
15
2015: 28
16
2016: 28
17
2017: 43
18
2018: 38
19
2019: 3,567
20
2020: 4,438
21
2021: 4,632
22
2022: 7,098
23
2023: 6,367
24
2024: 5,553
25
2025: 5,184
26
2026: 750