BAUSCH & LOMB, INC.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 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 · 1995–2020 · thin-book · quiet Death-code · balanced

Volume signature

BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. is a thinner MAUDE footprint

BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. accounts for 3,554 FDA MAUDE reports (#442 of 443, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.00% (quiet); Injury share 48.2% (balanced).

What the volume reading shows for BAUSCH & LOMB, INC.

The standout signal for BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. is filing volume: 3,554 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#442 of 443, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.00% (quiet).

As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 1,819 (51.2% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 685 reports across 24 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

3,554
Total Reports
0
Event-type Death
1,714
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 1,819 (51.2%)
Injury 1,714 (48.2%)
18 (0.5%)
Other 3 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,822 (49.3%)
Required Intervention 1,368 (37.0%)
Other 261 (7.1%)
R 121 (3.3%)
Hospitalization 98 (2.7%)
S 14 (0.4%)
Disability 7 (0.2%)
O 6 (0.2%)
Death 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

95
1995: 1
96
1996: 1
97
1997: 10
98
1998: 10
99
1999: 11
00
2000: 4
01
2001: 5
02
2002: 48
03
2003: 318
04
2004: 398
05
2005: 119
06
2006: 685
07
2007: 482
08
2008: 171
09
2009: 20
10
2010: 14
11
2011: 64
12
2012: 156
13
2013: 268
14
2014: 252
15
2015: 509
18
2018: 2
19
2019: 5
20
2020: 1