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Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in (b)(6).On (b)(6) 2021, it was reported that the patient experienced high blood glucose levels.Consequently, on (b)(6) 2021 at 10:00 am, the patient was taken to the hospital with blood glucose level of more than 33 mmol/l and the patient experienced diabetic ketoacidosis due to a bent cannula.Reportedly, the bent cannula was noticed after removal of the infusion set.The patient received some unspecified drug intravenously (drug name unknown) as corrective treatment and stayed there overnight.Currently, the patient's blood glucose level was still more than 33 mmol/l.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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