It was reported that unspecified bd infusion set had backflow.The following information was received by the initial reporter with the verbatim: order received to administer ffp via uac.Per protocol, blood component set 48" neonatal with 170 microns filter primed and set up with syringe with extra blue clamp applied in addition to roller clamp being closed, as per units practice change.When attaching to uac, and pump started 5mls over 1 hour per orders, it was quickly noted that blood was flowing back out of baby and into the tubing.Transfusion stopped and tubing clamped, and uac flushed to deliver blood volume back into baby.Medical team notified of issue, and verbal order from attending to give ffp iv push by transport team as they did not want to obtain piv access due to poor skin integrity.Transport team arrived to bedside and drew up ffp that had been filtered using the blood component set into a syringe and used macrobore extension set to deliver ffp per orders via uac using iv pump instead of pushing.No blood flowing back with this method and ffp being delivered via pump over 1 hour.".
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