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The customer reported that ¿the cystoscopy/tur irrigation set (aka cbi tubing), the connection to the foley end is too small,¿ and that ¿urine/blood and normal saline leaked all over the bed and patient¿; the customer also reported the patient¿s bed and body was wet and increased risk of catheter associated infection, skin infection, and skin breakdown.Medline quality received 1 ea of the reported product in unpackaged, unused condition; visual assessment revealed no defects nor abnormalities, measurements of the connector dimensions met the specified criteria in the product drawings, and functional testing with a medline silicone 3-way foley catheter found no abnormalities with the connection strength and no leakage at the connection point.The reported issue of leakage and connection issues could not be verified based on visual or functional inspection of the received sample, and the cause was not confirmed with the received sample.Based on assessment of the received sample, this complaint is unconfirmed, and there are no observable trends for this product at this time.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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