The customer reported that during a multi-module infusion, the morphine sulfate (0.01 ml/hr, via a 60 ml syringe) infusion leaked.The leak was observed between the microclave attached to the medication syringe and the syringe pump tubing.The setup, starting at the syringe module included: a 60 ml syringe connected to a microclave, then the syringe pump tubing , then a microclave, then the patient¿s small picc (thought to be 1.0 or 1.2 fr).Another medication with the same needleless connector and tubing set up (precedex, 0.37 ml/hr in a 30 ml syringe) was also attached to the picc extension tubing via another port.At the time of the event, the infant was exhibiting withdrawal symptoms, and the leak was discovered during troubleshooting of the tubing.No other effect to the patient was reported.
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