The patient's power port was due to be flushed and de-accessed after completing a ct scan.
The nurse put on gloves and removed the dressing.
The port needle was retracted in typical fashion, the safety mechanism failed to hold the needle in place and the needle penetrated the nurse's right index finger.
The nurse washed her hands with hot water and soap and forced bleeding from her finger.
The nursing manager was notified of the needle stick and the occupational nurse was also notified.
Needle packaging was given to nurse manager.
Manufacturer response for set, administration, intravascular, port access needle (per site reporter); our materials management team will alert the vendor.
There was a recall on this product (not sure of the exact lots), but the lots of this product have been removed from our shelves in all radiology areas.
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