Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states it was reported that the patient experienced high blood glucose levels due to a kink cannula (but was uncertain) which they tried to treat with a multiple daily injection.The infusion set had been used for three days.Subsequently, on (b)(6) 2022, she was taken to the emergency room with blood glucose level of 700 mg/dl and stayed there for four days.Further, her heart hormones went up acting like a heart attack.During hospitalization, she received fluids of saline, insulin, and an unspecified medication (drug name unknown) intravenously which resolved the issue.On (b)(6) 2022, she was released from the hospital and her heat issue got worse.Moreover, she reported a current high blood glucose event due to a kinked cannula, in which her blood glucose level was reported as 330-400 mg/dl which they tried to treat with a correction bolus via multiple daily injection and a bolus.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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