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It was reported that a peritoneal dialysis (pd) patient discovered a fluid leak during their pd treatment.The patient reported receiving a patient line is blocked (soft alarm) during drain 5 of 6 of treatment.The patient reported that the patient line extension came off and they put it back together, however their bed got wet.The technical support representative assisted the patient is cancelling their treatment and advised to follow up with their peritoneal dialysis nurse (pdrn).Upon follow up, the pdrn stated that the patient became disconnected from the catheter extension set to the catheter, resulting in the leak reported.The patient came to the clinic and had their catheter extension set, a fresenius product, replaced.The lot number of the catheter extension set that was used was unknown.The patient returned to the clinic after a week for a peritonitis protocol after the disconnection, which is an effluent culture, which came back negative.The patient was prescribed prophylactic antibiotics (type, dose, route, duration not provided) after the event per clinic procedure.Despite the prophylactic antibiotics, that there were no symptoms, adverse events, or injuries requiring medical intervention required as a result of the reported event.The patient is reported to be doing well and continuing with their peritoneal dialysis treatment.There were no samples available to be returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.
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