It was reported that bd alaris pump module smartsite infusion set was leaking the following information was received by the initial reporter with the following verbatim: type of incident/problem: malfunction - during or after use level of harm: no apparent harm - reached patient/person, inconvenient ahs optional report to cmdsnet (health canada): yes incident details: nurse was assessing connections on all iv's at 2300.Prior assessment was done at 2000, all lines secure and attachments connected.The isoproterenol line was loose and leaking fluid in the bed.Nurse attempted to reconnect the iv tubing to stop cock but the luer connector completely disconnected from line, fell off of the iv tubing and into bed.Unable to reattach line as it was completely broken.Nurse had to spike bag with new tubing.Impact of incident: patient was a critically unstable icu patient had an interruption to continuous isoproterenol infusion and became hypotensive.Who was affected? patient.
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