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The customer reported multiple instances during flu clinic and giving immunizations where the needles ¿don¿t luer lock onto the vaccine/syringe,¿ the cap is ¿flimsy and gets in the way,¿ the cap was ¿not staying on when taking out of the package,¿ the needles were ¿not sharp,¿ and a needle ¿flew off the device¿; no needle stick occurred and the impact was ¿provider, having to change the needle, or even having to waste the vaccine.¿ medline received a complaint for 1bx of hypodermic safety needle, documented that the customer was using prefilled syringes with the needles, identified that the reported lot falls under a supplier corrective action for needle disconnecting from prefilled syringes, and material trending via sap showed similar complaints during the last 12 months.The investigation record does not explicitly state that the complaint was confirmed or not confirmed by product evaluation; the cause code documented was ¿comp./part defective, broke¿ under ¿dc:supplier error asia (medline brand).¿ medline stated it was working with its vendor in order to implement the necessary corrective actions, division has been informed, and will continue to monitor trends.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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