BECTON, DICKINSON & CO.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BECTON, DICKINSON & 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 · 2004–2026 · thin-book · typical Death-code · injury-light

Volume signature

BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. is a thinner MAUDE footprint

BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. accounts for 5,485 FDA MAUDE reports (#356 of 434, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.09% (typical); Injury share 3.0% (injury-light).

What the volume reading shows for BECTON, DICKINSON & CO.

The standout signal for BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. is filing volume: 5,485 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#356 of 434, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.09% (typical).

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 5,312 (96.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 4,036 reports across 18 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

5,485
Total Reports
5
Event-type Death
162
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 5,312 (96.8%)
Injury 162 (3.0%)
Death 5 (0.1%)
Other 4 (0.1%)
2 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Other 5,365 (97.8%)
Required Intervention 71 (1.3%)
38 (0.7%)
Death 8 (0.1%)
O 3 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

04
2004: 1
05
2005: 3
07
2007: 1
09
2009: 1
13
2013: 2
14
2014: 2
15
2015: 6
16
2016: 21
17
2017: 589
18
2018: 4,036
19
2019: 409
20
2020: 385
21
2021: 5
22
2022: 5
23
2023: 2
24
2024: 14
25
2025: 2
26
2026: 1