Field Mapping for the MedWatch Report

The following table shows how the fields in the Regulatory Reports screen map to the fields in the MedWatch 3500A report. If the content for text fields extends to continuation pages, it starts from the third page. Note the following about the different areas on the Location MedWatch Form 3500A:

  • A: Patient Information

  • B: Adverse Event or Product Problem

  • C: Suspect Medication(s)

  • D: Suspect Medical Device

  • E: Initial Reporter

  • F: For Use by User Facility/Importer (Devices Only)

  • G: All Manufacturers

  • H: Device Manufacturers Only

    Location on MedWatch Form 3500A Field Name View (Applet) on the Regulatory Reports and the Product Issues screen

    A1

    Patient Identifier

    Patient

    A2

    Age

    Patient

    A2

    Date of Birth

    Patient

    A3

    Gender

    Patient

    A4

    U/M

    Patient

    A4

    Weight

    Patient

    B1

    Event Type

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Congenital Anomaly

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Date of Death

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Death

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Disability

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Hospitalization

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Life Threatening

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Other

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B2

    Required Intervention

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B3

    Event Date

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B4

    Report Date

    More Info, Regulatory Reports screen only

    B5

    Description

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B6

    Tests/Data

    More Info (Event Detail)

    B7

    Relevant History

    More Info (Event Detail)

    C1

    Product

    More Info (Products)

    C2

    Dose Per Unit

    More Info (Products)

    C2

    Frequency

    More Info (Products)

    C2

    Route Used

    More Info (Products)

    C3

    Therapy From Date

    More Info (Products)

    C3

    Therapy To Date

    More Info (Products)

    C4

    Indication

    More Info (Products)

    C5

    Event Abated

    More Info (Products)

    C6

    Lot #

    More Info (Products)

    C7

    Expiration Date

    More Info (Products)

    C8

    Reintroduce Reoccur

    More Info (Products)

    C9

    NDC#

    More Info (Products)

    C10

    External Products

    More Info (Event Detail)

    D1

    Product

    More Info (Products)

    D2

    Common Device Name

    More Info (Products)

    D3

    City

    More Info (Products)

    D3

    Mfg Name

    More Info (Products)

    D3

    Postal Code

    More Info (Products)

    D3

    State

    More Info (Products)

    D3

    Street Address

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Asset #

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Catalog #

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Expiration Date

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Lot #

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Model #

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Part #

    More Info (Products)

    D4

    Serial #

    More Info (Products)

    D5

    Device Operator

    More Info (Products)

    D6

    Implant Date

    More Info (Products)

    D7

    Explant Date

    More Info (Products)

    D8

    Reprocessed

    More Info (Products)

    D9

    Reprocessor

    More Info (Products)

    D10

    Device Available

    More Info (Products)

    D10

    Return Date

    More Info (Products)

    D11

    External Products

    More Info (Event Detail)

    E1

    Account

    More Info

    E1

    Address

    More Info

    E1

    City

    More Info

    E1

    Contacts (Contact Last Name in list)

    More Info

    E1

    CSN #

    More Info

    E1

    First Name (Contact First Name in list)

    More Info

    E1

    Phone #

    More Info

    E1

    Postal Code

    More Info

    E1

    Site

    More Info

    E1

    State

    More Info

    E2

    Provider

    More Info

    E3

    Occupation

    More Info

    E4

    Reported FDA

    More Info

    F1

    Facility Type

    Importer

    F2

    Report #

    Importer

    F3

    Address

    Importer

    F3

    City

    Importer

    F3

    Country

    Importer

    F3

    Importer

    Importer

    F3

    Postal Code

    Importer

    F3

    State

    Importer

    F4

    Contact Name

    Importer

    F4

    First Name

    Importer

    F5

    Phone #

    Importer

    F6

    PI Received

    Importer

    F7

    Follow-up #

    Importer

    F7

    Report Type

    Importer

    F8

    Report Date

    More Info

    F9

    Age UoM

    Importer

    F9

    Device Age

    Importer

    F10

    Device Codes

    Importer

    F10

    Patient Codes

    Importer

    F11

    FDA Report Date

    Importer

    F11

    Reported FDA

    Importer

    F12

    Event Location

    Importer

    F13

    Mfg Report Date

    Importer

    F13

    Reported Mfg

    Importer

    G1

    Address

    Manufacturer

    G1

    City

    Manufacturer

    G1

    Contact Name

    Manufacturer

    G1

    Contact Office

    Manufacturer

    G1

    Country

    Manufacturer

    G1

    First Name

    Manufacturer

    G1

    Postal Code

    Manufacturer

    G1

    State

    Manufacturer

    G2

    Phone #

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Consumer

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Foreign

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Distributor

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Literature

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Other

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Professional

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Representative

    Manufacturer

    G3

    Study

    Manufacturer

    G3

    User Facility

    Manufacturer

    G4

    PI Received

    Manufacturer

    G5

    (A)NDA #

    Manufacturer

    G5

    IND #

    Manufacturer

    G5

    OTC Product

    Manufacturer

    G5

    Pre-1938

    Manufacturer

    G6

    Protocol #

    More Info (Product Issues) and Manufacturer

    G7

    10-day

    Manufacturer

    G7

    15-day

    Manufacturer

    G7

    5-day

    Manufacturer

    G7

    Follow-up

    Manufacturer

    G7

    Follow-Up #

    Manufacturer

    G7

    Initial

    Manufacturer

    G7

    Periodic

    Manufacturer

    G8

    AE Terms

    Manufacturer

    G9

    Mfg Report #

    Manufacturer

    H1

    Death

    Investigation

    H1

    Malfunction

    Investigation

    H1

    Other

    Investigation

    H1

    Serious Injury

    Investigation

    H2

    Additional Information

    Investigation

    H2

    Correction

    Investigation

    H2

    Device Evaluation

    Investigation

    H2

    Response to FDA Request

    Investigation

    H3

    Evaluated by Mfg

    Investigation

    H3

    Evaluation

    Investigation

    MDV

    H3

    Non-Evaluation Codes

    Investigation

    H4

    Mfg Date

    Investigation

    More Info (Products)

    H5

    Labeled Single Use

    More Info (Products)

    Investigation

    H6

    Conclusion Codes

    Investigation

    H6

    Method Codes

    Investigation

    H6

    Result Codes

    Investigation

    H7

    Inspection

    Investigation

    H7

    Modification

    Investigation

    H7

    Notification

    Investigation

    H7

    Other

    Investigation

    H7

    Patient Monitoring

    Investigation

    H7

    Recall

    Investigation

    H7

    Relabeling

    Investigation

    H7

    Repair

    Investigation

    H7

    Replace

    Investigation

    H8

    Usage of Device

    Investigation

    H9

    Correction #

    Investigation

    H10

    Mfg Narrative

    Investigation

    MDV

    H11

    Corrected Data

    Investigation