Rn went to hang bag of tpn on patient.Bag scanned, spiked, rn primed tubing, clamped tubing and put tubing into alaris pump.Rn was prepping to attach tubing to patient when rn noted that tpn was dripping out of the end of the tubing.Rn double checked that roller clamp was closed and it was.Tpn continued to leak out of the tubing but no drips were dripping in the drip chamber.Rn noted at the end of the tubing right behind the male luer a large air bubble was forming in the tube as the tpn was dripping out of the tube.Thought that the tube either has a hole or a faulty connection.This tubing was going to be hooked up to a port.Rn immediately removed tubing from patient¿s bedside and got a new iv filter set.
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