FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TUBES, VIALS, SYSTEMS, SERUM SEPARATORS, BLOOD COLLECTION

MDR report key: 15601950 · Received October 13, 2022

Report

Report Number
15601950
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 13, 2022
Date of Event
September 21, 2022
Report Date
September 26, 2022
Manufacturer
VELANO VASCULAR
Product Code
JKA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
UT
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

I WAS STARTING AN IV AND HOOKED UP THE EXTENSION TUBING AND WAS UNABLE TO DRAW BACK BLOOD. I KNEW I HAD HIT THE VEIN SO I ATTEMPTED TO FLUSH THROUGH THE MAIN HUB AND NOT THROUGH THE TUBING. IT WORKED, BUT IT STILL WOULD NOT FLUSH BACK THROUGH THE TUBING EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LOCK IT. I GOT A NEW EXTENSION SET READY AND DISCONNECTED THE OLD SET AND PUT ON A NEW SET AND WAS ABLE TO DRAW BLOOD FROM THAT SET. I LATER FIGURED OUT THAT THE PLACE WHERE YOU HOOK UP THE CLAVE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE TUBING THERE WAS A FILM OF THE RUBBER OR PLASTIC COVERING THE TUBING THAT WAS PREVENTING IT FROM FLUSHING OR DRAWING BACK BLOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2272061 TUBES, VIALS, SYSTEMS, SERUM SEPARATORS, BLOOD COLLECTION JKA VELANO VASCULAR 201-0016 9451604

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 25550 DA Male