The customer reported that while checking a cytarabine infusion the tubing was found to be hyperextended with the blue tip of the tubing (presumed to mean the upper fitment) resting above the channel.The nurse adjusted the tubing to normal position.Shortly thereafter, it was noticed that the iv pump was wet and that there was fluid on the floor.The nurse opened the chamber door and found the tubing with a "slit" in it.At an unspecified time the patient developed new onset temperature of 101.1, new tachypnea with a respiratory rate of 32 with audible wheezing, shortness of breath and cough.Antibiotic therapy was initiated.There was no report of lasting patient harm.
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