It was reported that during treatment with a prismaflex m150 set, within three (3) minutes of initiating therapy, the tubing was observed to be saturated with air, leaving a large amount of air bubbles in the line and the set was unusable.
Extracorporeal blood was not returned to the patient.
Therapy was restarted using another set and within two (2) minutes of initiating therapy, this set was also filled with diffuse air and the extracorporeal blood could not be returned to the patient.
There was no patient injury or medical intervention associated with this event.
No additional information is available.
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