BECTON DICKINSON

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BECTON DICKINSON 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 · typical Death-code · balanced

Volume signature

BECTON DICKINSON sits in the heavy MAUDE book

BECTON DICKINSON accounts for 25,663 FDA MAUDE reports (#123 of 443, heavy-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.15% (typical); Injury share 11.7% (balanced).

What the volume reading shows for BECTON DICKINSON

The standout signal for BECTON DICKINSON is filing volume: 25,663 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#123 of 443, heavy-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.15% (typical).

As a heavy-book manufacturer, portfolio size and reporting obligations inflate absolute counts - pair BECTON DICKINSON 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 20,988 (81.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 3,550 reports across 35 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

25,663
Total Reports
38
Event-type Death
2,996
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 20,988 (81.8%)
Injury 2,996 (11.7%)
Other 1,586 (6.2%)
55 (0.2%)
Death 38 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

14,758 (56.3%)
Other 8,905 (34.0%)
Required Intervention 1,535 (5.9%)
R 445 (1.7%)
Hospitalization 343 (1.3%)
O 98 (0.4%)
Death 40 (0.2%)
Disability 22 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 21 (0.1%)
S 19 (0.1%)
L 7 (0.0%)
H 6 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 3 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 10
93
1993: 7
94
1994: 9
95
1995: 7
96
1996: 8
97
1997: 21
98
1998: 46
99
1999: 33
00
2000: 32
01
2001: 63
02
2002: 96
03
2003: 223
04
2004: 802
05
2005: 609
06
2006: 649
07
2007: 143
08
2008: 148
09
2009: 96
10
2010: 76
11
2011: 104
12
2012: 65
13
2013: 80
14
2014: 134
15
2015: 128
16
2016: 70
17
2017: 337
18
2018: 1,805
19
2019: 2,888
20
2020: 2,315
21
2021: 2,786
22
2022: 2,352
23
2023: 2,628
24
2024: 3,550
25
2025: 3,193
26
2026: 150