It was reported to covidien on (b)(6) 2017 that an issue occurred with a umbilical vessel catheter.The customer states the patient had an uac (umbilical artery catheter) placed outside the facility prior to transfer to hospital with an infusion ruining.Rn noticed some slight back flow in the catheter and then noticed the catheter was wet.After drying the catheter to watch infusion and determine where fluid leak was occurring, it was determined that at the connection between the line and the connection hub was the location of the leak.Uac was then removed from patient due to leak and risk for infection.
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