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According to the facility, during completion of a picc insertion, staff removed sterile gloves and observed blood on the staff member¿s thumb; the staff member reported no skin tears or breakdown and did not feel a needlestick injury during the procedure.Inspection records for the reported sku lot were reviewed and the lot passed with no abnormalities noted; no photo or sample was received, and picture/sample evaluation was n/a.As a result, medline was unable to confirm the presence of a defect during this investigation.The root cause could not be determined in the absence of a physical sample, and the quality team will continue to monitor for trending.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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