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| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
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| Date of Event |
06/12/2025
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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.Each event reported to bd is evaluated and investigated in accordance with our complaint investigation procedures.The investigation process includes, but is not limited to, evaluation of the event details provided by the complaint facility, a review of complaint history, manufacturing records and risk document where applicable, and an evaluation of the subject device when available to identify potential contributing factors.The device has not been returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported by customer that the powerglide catheter broke off in a patients arm during insertion.Physician consult was put in and waiting on additional information if pt was going to surgery to remove the catheter.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received 26-jun-2025: the patient did require surgery to remove the broken catheter.A new midline was placed.
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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 break is confirmed; however, the exact cause is unknown.One photograph of a 20 g powerglide pro catheter was returned for evaluation.An initial visual observation of the photograph showed approximately three centimeters of the catheter had fractured off the device.The blood control mechanism and catheter wings were still attached to the catheter.Use reside was observed.The housing of the device was not observed in the returned photo.The details of the break could not be discerned.There were no distinguishing features in the returned photograph of the device which could aid in identification of a specific root cause.This complaint will be recorded for future trending and monitoring purposes.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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