The complainant reported that a patient in the ed (emergency department) needed a chest tube for a pneumothorax, and there was substantial difficulty with the wayne pneumothorax tray.The kits (two lot numbers: this mfr# and related mfr# 1820334-2018-03815) had kinks and frays in the guide wire that made it impossible to thread the chest tube into the chest cavity for pneumothorax drainage.It took 6 attempts to insert a chest tube into the patient, and the patient was awaiting ir for placement of a small chest tube.The physicians all attempted various ways/ workarounds with the only success being placing a pediatric tube for temporary inflation of the patient's lung.After xr (x-ray) confirmation, it was determined that a larger chest tube was necessary.Hence a subsequent attempt and failure.These product problem did not result in any reported serious injuries to the patient.
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