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BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BD MEDICAL MEDICAL SURGICAL 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 · 2015–2026 · thin-book · quiet Death-code · injury-light

Injury-mix signature

BD MEDICAL MEDICAL SURGICAL is lighter on Injury codes

Injury-coded event_type share is 2.5% (injury-light tercile) beside 0.06% Death-coded (quiet). Volume band: thin.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL

The standout signal for BD MEDICAL (BD WEST) MEDICAL SURGICAL is Injury-mix: 2.5% Injury-coded (injury-light) beside 0.06% Death-coded, on a thin-book footprint.

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 18 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 6,357 (97.5% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,308 reports across 11 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

6,523
Total Reports
4
Event-type Death
162
Injury Reports
18
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 6,357 (97.5%)
Injury 162 (2.5%)
Death 4 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

3,278 (50.3%)
Other 3,110 (47.8%)
Required Intervention 97 (1.5%)
R 8 (0.1%)
Death 6 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 6 (0.1%)
H 2 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.0%)
O 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Devices (18)

Device Reports
Syringe, Piston 2,342
Needle, Hypodermic, Single Lumen 2,021
Saline, Vascular Access Flush 1,401
Needle, Aspiration And Injection, Disposable 498
Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Short-Term Less Than 30 Days 92
Syringe, Irrigating (Non Dental) 56
Heparin, Vascular Access Flush 35
Syringe, Antistick 30
Set, Administration, Intravascular 16
Tubes, Gastrointestinal (And Accessories) 15
Pad, Alcohol, Device Disinfectant 6
Container, Liquid Medication, Graduated 2
Dispenser, Liquid Medication 2
Saline Vascular Access Flush With Integrated Alcohol Disinfectant Device 2
Tubes, Vials, Systems, Serum Separators, Blood Collection 2
Cap, Device Disinfectant 1
Filter, Infusion Line 1
Piston Syringe With Neuraxial Connector – Epidural, Peripheral, And/Or Indirect Cerebral Spinal Fluid Contact 1

Yearly Trend

15
2015: 6
16
2016: 17
17
2017: 354
18
2018: 773
19
2019: 1,027
20
2020: 1,163
21
2021: 1,308
22
2022: 787
23
2023: 785
25
2025: 189
26
2026: 114

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