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It was reported that a customer was unable to remove the guide wire from a turbo-flo single lumen central venous catheter.The event occurred in (b)(6) 2019 during the placement of the catheter.The guide wire was introduced into the patient, and the catheter was put in over the guide wire.The guide wire did not come out due to the lumen being very small.It was reported that the wire guide remained in the patient's body.The patient required additional procedures due to the this occurrence.However, the details of the additional procedure have not been provided.
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Event description: additional information received on 11jun2019.The guidewire was not left in the patient.Another picc was used instead of the complaint device.The patient's anatomy was not tortuous and there was no calcification.Product received on: 10jun2019.Reportable event type changed to malfunction.Device did not remain in patient and no adverse events were reported.Investigation ¿ evaluation : a review of the complaint history, device history record, documentation, review of trends, instructions for use (ifu), quality control, and specifications of the device, as well as a visual inspection, functional test, and dimensional verification, were conducted during the investigation.The complaint device was returned for investigation.After performing a physical investigation of the returned complaint device, the functional test determined that without difficulty the wire guide passed easily back through the catheter and pulled out of the catheter.However, the wire guide was confirmed to be bent.Additionally, a document based investigation evaluation was performed.It was concluded that the device aspect in question was visually/functionally inspected by quality control and no related gaps in production or processing controls were noted.The risk specification for this product includes the loss of use failure mode and identifies the risk controls that are in place to mitigate the risk of this type of failure.Review of device history record did not observe any nonconformances that may have contributed to this incident.A software search revealed this complaint to be the only one associated with the complaint lot.Because there are no related non-conformances, adequate inspection activities have been established, and no other lot related complaints that have been received from the field, it was concluded that there is no evidence that nonconforming product exists in house or in field.Based on the information provided, inspection of returned product and the results of the investigation, a definitive cause could be determined.The appropriate personnel have been notified.Per the quality engineering risk assessment no further action is required.Cook will continue to monitor for similar complaints.This report is required by the fda under 21 cfr part 803 and is based on unconfirmed information submitted by others.Neither the submission of this report nor any statement contained herein is intended to be an admission that any cook device is defective or malfunctioned, that a death or serious injury occurred, nor that any cook device caused, contributed to, or is likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if a malfunction occurred.
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