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The facility reported the foley catheter was leaking; the registered nurse attempted to reposition the foley, however, it began leaking again, and the foley catheter was removed and was not replaced.Medline quality received 1 ea of the reported product in unpackaged, used condition; visual assessment revealed no defects nor abnormalities, dimensional analysis of the catheter found no issues, and functional testing in the catheterization simulator found the catheter drained 300 ml of simulated urine without incident, the retention balloon inflated without issue, and no leakage nor flow issues were observed.The reported issue could not be verified based on visual or functional inspection of the received sample; possible root causes could be, but are not limited to, catheter placement, patient positioning, patient anatomy/physiology, or bladder spasm.There are currently no known trends for this product lot, medline quality will continue to monitor for the issue through bi-weekly complaint meetings and quarterly trending analysis, and no further action is needed at this time.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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