During routine safety check, i found the patient's t-piece on their peripheral iv disconnected at the end where it connects to the catheter.Iv was no longer functioning.It was new during the night shift.It then took 3 hours to get a new peripheral intravenous (piv) tubing set placed.Patient was very hard to get an iv on.3 days prior to this event, i had the same thing happen where i found the t-piece disconnected from the catheter.When i reconnected it, it seemed to not want to tighten and kept spinning.This product is a substitute from our normal t-piece connectors for pivs.
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