A user facility reported that a dialyzer blood leak occurred immediately after the initiation of the patient¿s hemodialysis (hd) treatment.
The blood leak was noted as being an internal blood leak.
The leak was visually observed on the arterial end of the dialyzer.
The machine, a fresenius 2008t machine, alarmed appropriately with a blood leak alarm.
Blood leak test strips were not used as the leak was visually observed.
There was no patient injury, adverse events, or medical intervention required as a result of this event.
The patient was restarted on the machine and treatment completed successfully with new supplies.
The complaint device was reported to be available to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
Additional information was requested however to date has not been provided.
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