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S [SITUATION]: THREE NEO 3.0 TRACH TTS LOT NUMBER 6028880 MANUFACTURER DATE 6/24/2024; EXP DATE 6/23/2029 DEFECTIVE, REF 67SN030 NEW OUT OF THE BOX. B [BACKGROUND]: THE ROUTINE TRACH REMOVAL AND INSERTION CHECKLIST AND PROCEDURE IS REMOVED WITH EVERY NEW HIRE IN THE UNIT. A [ASSESSMENT]: DURING TEACHING A NEW HIRE, I GRABBED ABOVE TRACH (NEW PACKAGE-NEVER OPENED) TO SIM TRACH CUFF BALLOON CHECK. DURING THE BALLOON CHECK, THE BALLOON DID NOT INFLATE. I TRIED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAD AN EXPERIENCED NURSE I WAS ONBOARDING ALSO CHECK IT. I THEN WENT AND GRABBED ANOTHER TRACH- SAME LOT NUMBER NEW OUT OF PACKAGE -- AND AGAIN THE CUFF WOULD NOT INFLATE. I BROUGHT TO [REDACTED] AND SHE TOO TRIED AND WAS UNABLE TO INFLATE BALLOON. ONE OF THE TRACHS EVENTUALLY HAD A SLIGHT INFLATION AND THEN IT ENDED UP INFLATING USING 5 CC SYRINGE. R [RECOMMENDATION]: I PULLED BOTH TRACHS AND MARKED DEFECTIVE AND ENTERED A SAFER. WE SHOULD PULL ALL NEO 3.0 TRACH TTS LOT NUMBER 6028880 MANUFACTURER DATE 6/24/2024; EXP DATE 6/23/2029 REF 67SN030. [REDACTED] ORDERED 3 MORE VIA RSS TO REPLACE THE ONES THAT WERE DEFECTIVE. ADDENDUM: FOUND 2 MORE SO I TESTED THEM. ONE INFLATED PROPERLY, THE OTHER ONE ONLY PARTIALLY INFLATED. I HAVE 4 BOXES OF NEW TRACHS TO RETURN. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE, NEO 3.0 TRACH TTS (PER SITE REPORTER).