Patient was on a continuous fentanyl infusion, pump was cleared at change of shift and showed that volume had been infused.Patient was becoming increasingly agitated and looked uncomfortable.Proceeded to then check pump that fentanyl infusion was on and it showed pump was running, checked line but there were no drops coming out of tubing.Re-primed the tubing line and re-inserted into pump and pressed run.The pump was still showing that there were no occlusions and infusion was running, however no drops were coming out of tubing.Then after getting a new pump then the infusion began to run and patient's condition such as vitals and agitation improved.Fda safety report id (b)(4).
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