Our quality improvement committee received two separate reports of the rusch green life miller #2 or #3 blade's light pipe breaking off the blade with normal use.Luckily the broken piece was recovered from patient's mouth during intubation.Also, the light source occasionally does not work intermittently during laryngoscopy.I have evaluated the blades myself and the mac blade's light pipe seems well seated in the blade, but the miller blade's light pipe does have potential to slip out of the blade and break off with moderate force.
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