Although there was no serious injury or harm, past reporting (1219343-2021-00013) indicates this particular malfunction on a similar device has been associated with a reported serious injury.The unit was received for evaluation, a visual evaluation was conducted and the tubing from the waste bag was found to be connected to the inlet port of the bowl instead of the outlet port.Root cause has yet to be determined as investigation is still in progress.
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On march 11 2021, haemonetics was notified of the tubing from the bowl inlet disconnecting which occurred during a procedure in (b)(6), utilizing the cell saver® 5 autologous recovery system and cell saver® 5 set - 225ml.The procedure was unable to be discontinued as device was contaminated.There was no harm to patient or operator.
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