Arrived in the morning to the patient and introducer was leaking.Noticed the pillow was wet and the tubing of the catheter was disconnected.Rn was called to assess and staff both noticed the lumen of the catheter was dislodged.Team was immediately notified and they assessed.Decision to remove catheter was made as it could have been extremely dangerous for patient to get air via that catheter.Swan catheter which was connected was removed, pictures were taken and team was made aware.No patient harm.Manufacturer response for fast-cath hemostasis introducer (8.5fr), fast-cath hemostasis introducer (8.5fr) (per site reporter).Manufacturer is performing an investigation on units from 2 similar reported incidents in our medical center.The manufacturer also collected all our remaining shelf stock for that lot number for investigation.
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