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According to the facility, "the rn used a foley coude catheter kit to place a foley catheter.Once placed, she attached a syringe to the sampling port which came out of the opening, allowing urine to flow out the opening"; facility stated, "the rn clamped the catheter, removed the defective bag and replaced it with a new foley bag".Medline quality received 1 ea of the reported product, which was received in unpackaged, used condition; visual assessment revealed that the sampling port valve was no longer fully seated within the housing, the valve could be removed with little resistance, and further examination noted the absence of solvent adhesive on the valve stem.The reported issue of sample port detachment was verified through assessment of the returned sample, and the root cause is an inadequate manual application of solvent adhesive during sample port assembly.No medical intervention, serious injury, or follow-up care has been reported, and there has been no change to the reportability decision associated with this complaint.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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