Recent issues with tego connector not flushing.Unable to aspirate or flush arterial lumen when disconnecting patient from hd treatment and had to change tego.Patient's hd completed with treatment and i was trying to flush arterial line after disconnecting arterial line.Arterial lumen was resistant and i wasn't able to aspirate or flush the line.A teammate disconnected tego and flushed arterial lumen, which was patent with no resistance.Tego was changed and able to aspirate and flush.Tego malfunctioned and could have made the patient more susceptible to infection.Continue to monitor access.There was no detectable harm in this event.This is a recurring issue.Unable to determine the specific lot # that was involved in this event.
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