Situation: individually factory wrapped normal saline flush syringes were found to have fine particulate debris on syringe and inside packaging.Background: opi has been using individually wrapped normal saline flushes for many years.Assessment: the saline flush manufacturer had a quality control flaw.Recommendation: contact supplier and manufacturer to report event.Alert all health care units to inspect their normal saline flushes carefully before using.The particulate discovered is fine.Manufacturer response for saline flush syringes, saline flush syringes (per site reporter).Medline confirmed the product is a medline product and is going to work w/ [redacted name] to retrieve it.[redacted date] [redacted name] mailed product trk# (b)(4).
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