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 25,900 FDA MAUDE reports (#126 of 434, heavy-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.15% (typical); Injury share 11.6% (balanced).
What the volume reading shows for BECTON DICKINSON
The standout signal for BECTON DICKINSON is filing volume: 25,900 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#126 of 434, 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 21,213 (81.9% 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.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Devices (20)
Yearly Trend
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