Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states it was reported that a (b)(6)-year-old male child patient faced a kinked cannula after more than three hours of insertion, due to which he experienced high blood glucose levels.To treat the issue, correction injection via multiple daily injection was administered.This issue occurred with five infusion sets between 01-aug-2021 and 31-aug-2021.Reportedly, for the first four events, his blood glucose level was in the range of 54-500 mg/dl (3.0-27.7 mmol/l).However, on (b)(6) 2021, his blood glucose level was over 500 mg/dl and the infusion set was used for three days.Moreover, he had high ketones, which were not dangerous/life threatening, as assessed by his health care professional.However, the patient was taken to the emergency room, where he received fluids of saline and insulin as corrective treatment which resolved the issue.He stayed in the emergency room for 4 to 5 hours.On the same day ((b)(6) 2021, he was released from the hospital with no permanent damage.Further, they replaced the infusion set and insulin was resumed successfully.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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