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The customer advised that they were using prefilled syringes with the needles and reported many issues with the needle backing itself off of the vaccines.No physical samples were available to return from the customer and have been discarded; the lot number reported 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 reported problem could not be evaluated on a returned sample.The cause was documented as supplier error and comp./part defective, broke; medline is working with the vendor to implement the necessary corrective actions and will continue to monitor this issue for 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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