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The customer reported drawing blood from a patient and blood leaking from the distal needle into the tube holder; upon completing the draw, they noticed that blood was leaking into the tube holder.Medline received 5 onguard blood collection sets in new condition, randomly selected 20 samples, and performed a visual inspection and functional testing by inserting the needles into an iv injection pad.The visual inspection revealed no manufacturing or any other defects, the needles were able to draw the saline solution with no issues, no leaking was observed, and the safety mechanism was activated with no issues.The complaint was not confirmed, the recorded cause was not confirmed with received sample, and the samples worked as intended.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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