A peritoneal dialysis (pd) patient reported that there was a fluid leak during pd treatment.When the cassette was removed there was fluid on the sensor.In a follow up, a pd nurse verified the event and said the fluid was discovered upon treatment completion when the patient was removing the cycler set from the cassette compartment of the liberty select cycler.The patient inspected the cycler set.No defect or damage was noted.Adrina stated that the patient was prescribed prophylactic antibiotic ciprofloxacin (250 mg, oral, three times daily for three days).Adrina confirmed that despite the prophylactic antibiotics, there were no symptoms, adverse events, or injuries requiring medical intervention required as a result of the reported event.Adrina confirmed the cycler remained with the patient for continued use.The patient dried out the cassette compartment of the cycler and planned to continue using.The cassette is available to return as a sample.
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