Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in (b)(6).It was reported that the patient experienced high blood glucose levels and diabetic ketoacidosis.Further, she attempted to manually inject (mainly bolus delivery of less than 3 units) when she noticed she was going into diabetic ketoacidosis.The infusion set had been used for one day.Subsequently, on (b)(6) 2021, she went to the emergency room, with blood glucose level of more than 30 mmol/l which was due to a kinked cannula, where she was treated for her diabetic ketoacidosis (as she shad ketones) through fluid drip intravenously while being admitted into hospital.She stayed in the emergency room for a short period of time (within an hour) and left from there with blood glucose level around 10 mmol/l.Consequently, on the same day ((b)(6) 2021), her blood glucose level had decreased significantly, but she was admitted to the hospital as she was still unwell.During hospitalization, she received drip intravenously and was manually injecting as corrective treatment instructed from her health care professional which resolved the issue.Currently, the patient was still admitted in the hospital.Previously, on (b)(6) 2021, the patient was admitted to the hospital due to the same issue and was released on (b)(6) 2021.Unomedical do not see bent/kinking as being related to human factors, but rather as a training issue including correct choices of insertion sites and infusion sets and cannula length.Furthermore, the soft cannula is a flexible material that during use and upon removal can bend slightly.No further information available.
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