Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states.It was reported that the patient experienced high blood glucose level and her left arm was a little shaky.This event occurred due to a kinked cannula which the patient noticed when she went to the bed.The patient became unconscious and on (b)(6) 2021, she was hospitalized due to high blood glucose level.Subsequently, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit.Her highest blood glucose level was over 1000 mg/dl and the infusion set had been used for one day.She could not recall the treatment she received at the hospital to help her blood glucose level lower down because she was unconscious for twelve days in the intensive care unit, but the issue was resolved with no permanent damage caused to the patient and she was released from the hospital 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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