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The account reported finding open seal, and the complaint transcript states the pack was open at the opening of the bag when they took it out of the case.A photo and a sample were received, one pack was evaluated, finished good production records and finished good pack build were reviewed, and trending was reviewed.The reported problem was confirmed: the edge seam of the pouch on the tyvek end was open along the top, middle of the bag, and a white line running along the edge seam indicated that the pouch did go through a sealing machine and was closed at some point in time.Medline receives this item pre-sealed from the component supplier, and the root cause was confirmed as related to an error in the component manufacturing process; the complaint was provided to the vendor for further evaluation and supplier quality will monitor this issue for trending purposes.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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