It was reported that a partial clamp closure of an unknown access set was observed during a patient infusion of neo-synephrine.The reporter stated the patient¿s blood pressure (bp) was dropping and a bolus was administered; however, "when the infusion returned to the maintenance rate, the bp dropped".The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit (icu) and the receiving nurse noticed that the intravenous (iv) tubing was partially occluded with the blue slide clamp.Treatment for the event was not reported.At the time of this report, the patient outcome was not reported.No additional information is available.
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