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C.R. BARD, INC. (BASD) -3006260740 POWERPICC SOLO2, 3CG; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER (PICC)
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| Model Number |
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| Medical Device Problem Code |
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 |
06/02/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported broken picc at 12 cm mark, discovered because of leaking.Placed (b)(6), removed (b)(6).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 manufacturer has received the sample and will be evaluated.A supplemental will be submitted with evaluation results.
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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 was confirmed.The product returned for evaluation was one 4 fr single lumen powerpicc solo catheter.The investigation findings are consistent with damage accumulated through flexural fatigue.Flexural fatigue may occur 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 at the 13 cm depth markers.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.¿ 'c' shaped impressions leading into the fracture site which are consistent with material buckling due to movement which caused the fracture edges to be pressed together.¿ overall elliptical shape to the fracture cross-section (a result of repeated kinking of the tubing).Repetitive kinking of the indwelling catheter appears to have contributed to the observed leak; however, the specific circumstances surrounding how kinking developed into a fracture within the catheter tubing were ultimately unknown.This complaint will be recorded for future trending and monitoring purposes.
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