| Catalog Number |
1194108D |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Material Frayed (1262)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
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| Date of Event |
06/23/2025
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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 the customer that the during this procedure, the nurse met resistance with advancing the guidewire through the needle.So, she had to slowly ¿inch by inch¿ remove both needle and wire together.Once completely out the wire was not bent but it was sheared.The nurse used a different guidewire and was able to place picc.Humerus xray was completed on left upper extremity which revealed approximately 2.2 cm thin curvilinear metallic density within the soft tissues adjacent to the proximal aspect of the picc.Patient was transported to hospital for evaluation and treatment under vascular surgeon.No further 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 broken guidewire was confirmed.The product returned for evaluation was one guidewire.The investigation findings are consistent with damage caused by retraction of the guidewire against the bevel of the introducer needle.The returned product sample was evaluated and the guidewire was confirmed to be broken which allowed the outer coil wire to become unraveled.Microscopic examination of the fracture sites revealed the following: narrowing of the wire cross-section near the fracture site, which is a characteristic feature of a strong pull on the wire.The weld tip of the wire was missing and could not be accounted for during the evaluation.Normal movement of the guidewire is away from the sharpened bevel and will not damage the wire.If the guidewire direction is reversed, the guidewire is then pulled against the sharpened edge of the needle bevel and can cause shearing damage of the wire and/or cause the wire to become stuck within the needle.An examination of the wire structure revealed no potential damage/defect related to manufacture of the product.
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