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Investigation - evaluation: a review of the complaint history, device history record, documentation, drawing, instructions for use, manufacturing instructions, and quality control was completed during this investigation.The manufacturing documents at the time of manufacture were reviewed and it was found that the device aspect in question was visually inspected by quality control and no notable gaps in production or processing controls were noted.The risk specification for this product includes the failure modes ¿leakage / separation of hub¿ and ¿hub fracture¿ and identifies that multiple risk controls are in place to mitigate the risk of these types of failures.The device history record for lot number 6265569 and internal components ic6067130 were reviewed.No related non-conformances were identified.A search of our complaint records indicates that this is the only complaint on the involved lot numbers at the time of investigation.The product was not returned; therefore, the reported failure could not be duplicated.This is the first of two complaints for picc lines of different lot numbers used in the same patient in which the failure mode is described as leaking from a cracked hub.Based on the provided information, the root cause of this event is related to intra-venous tubing changing and repeated tightening of the device which may have contributed to the hub fracture and eventual separation or it may have been related to the forces that the hub experienced related to the patient's environment and activity level; however, we do not have enough evidence to identify a definitive root cause at this time.The risk analysis for this failure mode was reviewed and it was determined that no additional risk mitigating activity is required at this time.We will continue to monitor for similar complaints.
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