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It was reported "a patient who had been accessed several days before and was connected to a 5fu pump had leaking at the y-site when the patient returned to the oncology infusion area to be de-accessed." 04/13/2020: additional information received stated, " patient arrived on (b)(6) for an unplanned visit because hub of huber needle was cracked and chemotherapy was leaking onto patient.Patient drove 1 hour back to hospital to have site evaluated, port needle was removed, port was reaccessed with a new huber needle and a new 5fu pump was given to patient to come the following day for their scheduled pump disconnect.".
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