Patient care technician was removing this patient's iv as he was being discharged.Upon removal, they observed that the tip of the iv was missing a small piece.The physician was called and ordered a ultrasound of the patient's arm to be done.There was no echogenic material seen in the vein but there was a nonocclusive mural thrombus.This iv was placed on [date redacted].We do not know the lot number as the packaging was not saved, but on the dressing which we believe is the original dressing, has the numbers (b)(4) on the tape.
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