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Avanos medical inc.Received a single report that referenced two different incidents, which were associated with separate units, involving one patient.This is the first of two reports.Refer to 9611594-2026-00307 for the first report.Refer to 9611594-2026-00308 for the second report.It was reported that the patient experienced an occlusion with a nasogastric feeding tube and upon attempting to unblock it, the tube ruptured.The patient came back to the hospital and had a new one inserted.
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This event was initially deemed not reportable based on our reporting strategy active at the time of the alert date; however, following a recent retrospective review of complaints this event was made reportable out of an abundance of caution.The actual complaint product was not returned for evaluation.A review of the device history record is not possible as no lot number was provided; therefore, the udi-pi is unavailable.A root cause has not been established.All information reasonably known as of 12 may 2026 has been included in this health authority report.Should additional information be obtained, a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by avanos medical inc.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 avanos medical inc.Avanos medical inc.Has no independent knowledge of the reported event but is relaying the information provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.This product incident is documented in the avanos medical complaint database and identified as complaint (b)(4).This information is submitted pursuant to 21cfr803, in compliance with the medical device reporting requirement and should not be considered to be an admission that an avanos medical inc.Product is defective or caused serious injury.
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