Lot number, expiry and manufacture date are not available at this time.Investigation: a tpe set contained with blood and the blood warmer tubing was returned toterumo bct for investigation.Upon visual inspection, it was noted that both roller clamps were open, the red pinch clamp was closed, the blue pinch was open and the slide clamp on the bloodwarmer tubing was closed.Blood was also noted in the return and inlet saline lines from themanifolds through the cassette and in the saline line above the cassette which indicated thatrinseback was completed.The roller clamps were inspected and confirmed that the roller clamps occluded the tubing properly.The tpe set was also visually inspected for kinks, occlusions,misassembly, missing parts and other manufacturing defects which may have contributed to theissue and none were found.The run data file (rdf) was analyzed for this event.Signals in the rdf showed that the optiasystem operated as intended and is safe to use.Investigation is in process.A follow-up report will be provided.
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The customer reported that during a therapeutic plasma exchange (tpe) procedure, the rnnoticed that the saline bag was empty.The saline roller clamps were checked and ensured they were closed.While another bag of saline was hung up, she noticed that blood was diverting into the saline bag.She was able to resolve the free flow of saline by clamping the return salineline.Per the rn, approximately 200 to 400ml of saline was given to the patient.No medicalintervention was required for this event.The customer stated that the procedure wassuccessfully completed and the patient tolerated the procedure well.The patient is reported instable condition.The customer declined to provide patient identifier.
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