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According to the customer, the side port of the foley "broke off" after "chemo administration when the nurse was removing the syringe"; the medication administration was able to be completed, there was no injury, and the patient refused to have an additional foley placed.Medline quality received a photograph of the reported product, and visual assessment of the provided image revealed that the septum of the sample port valve had broken off from the housing in the tubing; the fractured portion of the septum appeared to be retained within the housing, while the rest of the valve broke free.The reported issue of a broken sample port was verified by visual assessment of the provided photograph; however, due to this usage being out of scope for the device, the complaint cannot be confirmed at this time.Based on the provided sample and the description of the issue, the likely root cause is high user torque during valve engagement or a physical weakness in the valve septum; it was noted that this device failure occurred during the administration of chemotherapy through the valve, which is off-label use, and urology qa will continue to monitor for this issue.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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