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BECTON DICKINSON AND CO.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BECTON DICKINSON AND CO. 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 · 1993–2025 · mid-book · quiet Death-code · injury-light

Death-code intensity

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO. is quieter on Death-coded events

Death-coded event_type rows are 0 of 7,979 (0.00% · quiet tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for BECTON DICKINSON AND CO.

The standout signal for BECTON DICKINSON AND CO. is Death-code intensity: 0.00% of 7,979 reports (quiet tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for BECTON DICKINSON AND CO.. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 7,421 (93.0% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,639 reports across 32 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

7,979
Total Reports
0
Event-type Death
512
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 7,421 (93.0%)
Injury 512 (6.4%)
29 (0.4%)
Other 17 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

4,830 (60.5%)
Other 2,796 (35.1%)
Required Intervention 311 (3.9%)
Hospitalization 18 (0.2%)
R 17 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 4 (0.1%)
O 1 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Needle, Hypodermic, Single Lumen 7,663
Syringe, Piston 159
Injector, Pen 37
Pump, Infusion 28
Tubes, Vials, Systems, Serum Separators, Blood Collection 23
Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Short-Term Less Than 30 Days 16
Set, Administration, Intravascular 15
Single Use Only Blood Lancet With An Integral Sharps Injury Prevention Feature 10
Saline, Vascular Access Flush 7
Patient Examination Glove 3
Automated Insulin Dosing , Threshold Suspend 2
Arterial Blood Sampling Kit 1
Catheter, Intravascular, Diagnostic 1
Catheter, Suprapubic (And Accessories) 1
Closed Antineoplastic And Hazardous Drug Reconstitution And Transfer System 1
Container, Sharps 1
Coronavirus Antigen Detection Test System. 1
Counter, Differential Cell 1
Culture Media, Non-Selective And Non-Differential 1
Forceps, General & Plastic Surgery 1

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 7
94
1994: 51
95
1995: 9
96
1996: 13
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 3
99
1999: 3
00
2000: 9
01
2001: 6
02
2002: 2
03
2003: 1
04
2004: 3
05
2005: 2
07
2007: 2
08
2008: 1
09
2009: 1
10
2010: 1
11
2011: 1
12
2012: 3
13
2013: 1
14
2014: 1
15
2015: 32
16
2016: 87
17
2017: 167
18
2018: 367
19
2019: 1,253
20
2020: 1,372
21
2021: 1,639
22
2022: 1,530
23
2023: 1,327
24
2024: 82
25
2025: 2

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