It was reported that during set-up of the device for a cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) procedure, the tongue on the roller pump was broken.As a result, an alternate device was employed.The surgical procedure was completed successfully.There was no delay, no blood loss, nor adverse consequences to the patient.On the date of (b)(6) 2017 the perfusion team noticed during set up for the case that day that the sucker pump had a broken tongue on its occlusion mechanism.The tongue is needed for occlusion of the roller pump.The team used another roller pump as a sucker for they use a heart lung machine (hlm) base that has an extra roller pump not in use.This issue was easily and timely mitigated, for they had the time to load the sucker tubing in the available roller pump.This incident did not delay the surgical procedure, for it was mitigated prior to the start of the surgical procedure.There was no blood loss, nor harm.
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