Description of Event or Problem · 1
MINI ONE BALLOON BUTTON LOW PROFILE FEEDING DEVICE PLACED IN PATIENT. IN THE EVENING FOLLOWING SURGERY, PATIENT HAD AN EPISODE OF FORCEFUL COUGHING AND THE J-TUBE (FEEDING DEVICE) DISLODGED. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM. PER THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE J-TUBE MALFUNCTIONED, IT WAS NOTED THE JEJUNOSTOMY "BUTTON" HAD A HOLE IN IT, SO THE BALLOON WAS COLLAPSED. A NEW MINI ONE BALLOON BUTTON WAS PLACED. ON POD # 6, THERE WAS CONCERN OF A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW TUBE - FEEDINGS WERE NOTED TO BE LEAKING FROM THE NEW J-TUBE SITE. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM. SURGEON NOTED THE MINI ONE BALLOON HAD MALFUNCTIONED - WHEN REMOVED, THE BALLOON ON THE TUBE WAS NOTED TO BE RUPTURED. BOTH TUBES WERE THE SAME LOT #, MODEL # & EXP DATE. MINI ONE BALLOON BUTTON LOW PROFILE FEEDING DEVICE 14FR. X 3.5CM.