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Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
06/22/2024
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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H11: section a through f - the information provided by bd represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to bd.The manufacturer has received the sample and is pending evaluation.Results are expected soon.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported by the customer the picc was placed on 5/24 at zero cm without difficulty.Patient went home with picc and daughter is a nurse.Picc had been working great with no difficulty flushing.Patient came to er on 6/22 for leaking picc.When the picc was pulled there was a hole at 4cm.No serious patient injury.Patient had to have another vascular access device placed.No other information was provided.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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H11: section a through f - the information provided by bd represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to bd.The complaint of a leak is confirmed and was determined to be use related.One 4fr sl powerpicc solo catheter was returned for evaluation.The investigation findings are consistent with damage accumulated through flexural fatigue.Flexural fatigue occurs due to cyclic kinking of the catheter tube in which physiological, placement, usage, and mechanical factors may gradually form a crack(s) in the catheter.The returned product sample was evaluated and a split was observed between the 4 and 5cm marks.The catheter split contained physical features associated with material fatigue, and the characteristics observed which supported this type of failure included: ¿ damage which was circumferentially aligned.¿ fracture edges which were rounded and polished due to repeated material wear.¿ overall elliptical shape to the fracture cross-section (a result of repeated kinking of the tubing).An examination of the catheter structure revealed no potential damage/defect related to manufacture of the product.The damage location suggested that catheter securement, access and maintenance techniques may have contributed.This complaint will be recorded for future trending and monitoring purposes.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported by the customer the picc was placed on 5/24 at zero cm without difficulty.Patient went home with picc and daughter is a nurse.Picc had been working great with no difficulty flushing.Patient came to er on 6/22 for leaking picc.When the picc was pulled there was a hole at 4cm.No serious patient injury.Patient had to have another vascular access device placed.No other information was provided.
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