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It was reported that the difficulty in opening the cap, large air bubbles observed after connecting, harder to flush through and leaking after connection.A sample was received for investigation, 10ea were randomly selected to be evaluated, and the selected samples were tested by attaching the iv admin set to a saline bag and priming the sample before allowing fluid to flow through for 10 minutes; the vendor also completed their own investigation and evaluated retention samples via cap removal test, stimulated infusion test, leaking test, and positive pressure liquid leakage.The complaint is not confirmed, as none of the issues that were reportedly experienced by the customer were observed and no abnormalities were found.No root cause was identified, and the supplier quality team 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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