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Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states.The patient was hospitalized due to high blood glucose as a result of bent cannula.The patient went into the emergency and stayed there for less than 1 day.The blood glucose level when the patient arrived at the emergency, was 1230 mg/dl and 700 mg/dl when she left the emergency.She had very large ketone levels and the health care professional identified the ketone level as life threatening.The infusion had been in use for 1 day.She was treated with iv fluids and insulin and this resolved the issue.She was hospitalized for 4 days.Unomedical do not see bent/kinking as being related to human factors, but rather as a training issue including correct choices of insertion sites and infusion sets and cannula length.Furthermore, the soft cannula is a flexible material that during use and upon removal can bend slightly.No further information available.
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