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The facility reported that "when prepping extension tubing for patients and priming the tubing the extension tubing in question could not push fluid through the valve" and "if the set was disassembled and the flush screwed onto the buff cap as tight as possible the set will finally pass fluids"; no medical intervention, serious injury, or follow-up care has been reported.The customer did not provide the sample for evaluation, and the pictures provided were only the pictures on the item not the issue; a retain sample was ordered for testing.At this time, the reported concern could not be confirmed, as medline was not able to investigate the issue.No root cause was identified, and the division will continue to monitor this issue for trending.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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