Prior to placing a midline catheter, needle and introducer/catheter are checked for patency.While doing this, it was noticed that the guidewire does not smoothly glide into the steel needle.It needed to be pushed with pressure to get through.The midline kit used- lot# redx4347.No harm reached patient as this was found out pre-procedure.Have informed and reached out to the manufacturer representative for response and/or resolution.Manufacturer response for midline catheter, powerglide st midline catheter (per site reporter).Awaiting the response from the manufacturer.
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