Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states.It was reported that on (b)(6) 2022 and (b)(6) 2022, a fifteen-year-old male child patient experienced kinked cannula symptoms/issue were noticed after three hours of insertion.His highest blood glucose level was 650 mg/dl and had high/ large ketones.However, the health care professional assessed the ketone level as not dangerous/life threatening.The infusion set had been used for 5 hours to 1 and a half days.Subsequently, they went to the hospital where the patient was administered an unknown medication (drug name unknown) intravenously.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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