A user facility nurse 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 that could be visually observed within the hansen connection.
The blood leak occurred and was observed before reaching the blood leak detector on the machine, a fresenius 4008s machine, to trigger a blood leak alarm.
Blood leak test strips were not used to test for the presence of blood.
There was no defect or damage noted on the dialyzer.
The patient¿s estimated blood loss (ebl) was approximately 200 ml.
There was no patient injury, adverse events, or medical intervention required as a result of this event.
The patient was restarted on a new machine and treatment completed successfully with new supplies.
The complaint device was reported to be unavailable to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
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