During an mri infusion of levophed, the nurse reported patient called her into the mr scanner room to inform her the iv set being used was leaking.
The nurse described that the infusion set had a 5 cm tear in the silicone pump chamber tubing.
No information was provided as to the source of the tear in the tubing.
The infusion set was quickly replaced to continue the infusion.
The patient's blood pressure initially dropped, but recovered when the infusion set was replaced.
No patient injury was reported.
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