The breathing bag included in the anesthesia adult circuit set had issues with the plastic connector piece.The piece cracked and impaired the function of the breathing bag.The anesthesia machine with the breathing bag originally passed safety checks prior to procedure, and then broke after being put in use.Manufacturer response for anesthesia adult circuit- lf, medline (per site reporter).The operating room anesthesia support tech notified the medline representative directly of the concern.Medline offered a potential solution to mitigate the concern but using a different breathing bag that has a softer rubber connector piece.This alternate breathing bag is called bag breathing 3l soft-lf.The original device was not sequestered by the support tech, and i was notified at a later time of the product issue.
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