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It was reported that "we have a patient that it appears has a tear in his driveline dressing as pictured below." "after we discovered this, we did another dressing change and, using one finger, was able to scratch two tears into the clear dressing in two separate areas.".
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The customer reported a sorbaview dressing that tore while on the patient, and that the customer opened another kit, scratched at the window of the sv733, and it tore too easily.A photo was received for the investigation; no physical sample was available, and retains from the same lot that was used in the complaint were requested from the manufacturing facility for evaluation.The photo confirmed the customer¿s report, but retained samples were inspected, applied to a test surface, and removed with no signs of tearing or unexpected film behavior observed.At this time, the root cause cannot be determined, and the division will monitor this issue for trending purposes.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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