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Break (1069); Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method (2017)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
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| Date of Event |
09/23/2024
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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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 will be evaluated.A supplemental will be submitted with evaluation results.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported by customer that rn called to place midline.Patient was prepped and during insertion the rn noticed blood return on first attempt.The rn attempted to thread the catheter but noticed resistance.The rn attempted to rethread the catheter with the needle.The rn noted that the needle pierced the side of the catheter at this time.The rn removed the needle from the patient.When entire apparatus was removed, the catheter was noted to have multiple centimeters missing with concern the remainder of the catheter was still in the patent.It determined that a piece of the line was still in the patient's arm when the crisis rn knew he was not in the vessel he withdrew the midline to find 4-5 cm of the catheter missing.He escalated to the physician team, consult to peds surgery, xray obtained, family notified etc.
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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 break in the catheter was confirmed.The product returned for evaluation was one 20 ga x 10 cm powerglide pro catheter.The investigation findings are consistent with catheter damage caused by contact with a sharp-edged instrument, likely the integrated introducer needle.The returned product sample was evaluated and a break in the catheter was observed approximately halfway down the catheter shaft.Microscopic examination of the catheter hole confirmed it was typical of contact with a needle, and the characteristics observed which supported this type of failure included: the fracture surface was reflective in nature and contained a striated pattern.This can occur due to pattern transfer of the sharpened edge typically found on the bevel of a needle.The fracture edges were sharply formed and had planar (flat) surfaces.The damage also contained the overall shape of a chevron 'v'.This shape is common to many needle bevels, and this shape is often transferred onto the catheter when punctured by a needle.Pulling the catheter back along the needle shaft during attempted insertion may cause a split in the catheter from the needle bevel.An examination of the catheter structure revealed no potential damage/defect related to manufacture of the product.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 customer that rn called to place midline.Patient was prepped and during insertion the rn noticed blood return on first attempt.The rn attempted to thread the catheter but noticed resistance.The rn attempted to rethread the catheter with the needle.The rn noted that the needle pierced the side of the catheter at this time.The rn removed the needle from the patient.When entire apparatus was removed, the catheter was noted to have multiple centimeters missing with concern the remainder of the catheter was still in the patent.It determined that a piece of the line was still in the patient's arm when the crisis rn knew he was not in the vessel he withdrew the midline to find 4-5 cm of the catheter missing.He escalated to the physician team, consult to peds surgery, xray obtained, family notified etc.
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