It was reported that during use with an unspecified bd maxplus extension set it occluded and blood clotting occurred.Therapy was delayed, however, there was no additional impact.The following information was provided by the initial reporter: clinician experienced: blood clots on the connector.- interruption of patient therapy (not resulting in patient injury).
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Unknown manufacturer: there are multiple bd locations where this unspecified bd device may have been manufactured.A catalog and lot number could not be confirmed for this incident and without this information we are unable to determine where the device was manufactured.Date of event: unknown.The date received by manufacturer has been used for this field.Medical device expiration date: unknown, device manufacture date: unknown.Investigation summary: no samples were received for investigation of complaint reported via post market survey; however the customer has indicated that occlusion was detected during use of the extension set as a result of blood clotting within the infusion line.No further information was available to assist the investigation in this instance.The details of this feedback were forwarded to the manufacturing site for investigation.In this instance a lot number was not available and therefore it is not possible to perform a review of the production documentation for this particular product.The root cause of the customer¿s experience could not be determined as the sample was not available for investigation.In this instance, without a sample, it is not possible to determine whether a manufacturing defect could have caused or contributed to the customer¿s experience.In this instance, without the complaint sample or additional information about the exact nature of the defect it is not possible to conclusively link this feedback to a specific failure mode.
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