Information was received indicating that a smiths medical cassette was noted in an over infusion issue.A 100ml cassette was used and after 6 hours, there should be 54.4 ml duopa left in cassette but the cassette was completely empty.The patient was having hallucinations and delusions.It was additionally noted that the patient has a rem disorder and was trying to nap but could not with no duopa being infused.When putting in a new cassette, the patient was able to sleep.When previously using a cassettes with a different lot number, the cassettes were running for about 15-16 hours.After switching to this newer lot number a few weeks ago, and the cassettes were getting empty after 6-7 hours.There were no further adverse events noted.
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