PowerPICC CK000417BRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00801741134043), received between Jul 17, 2019 and Jul 17, 2019 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJul 17, 2019Break; Retraction Problem; Failure to Advance

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT "PT WAS ASKED TO HAVE PICC PLACED IN ICU FOR DIFFICULT ACCESS. PT IS A CHRONIC CHILD BUT HAS NEVER HAD A PICC BEFORE. PICC TEAM ATTEMPTED TO PLACE PICC TO RIGHT BASILIC AND WAS ABLE TO ACCESS VEIN AND THREAD WIRE EASILY AS WELL AS DILATATE THE VEIN. HOWEVER; WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE 3FR TO RIGHT BASILIC PICC LINE WOULD NOT THREAD PAST 10CM IN RIGHT ARM. PICC RN ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT PICC LINE AND PICC LINE WOULD NOT RETRACT. AFTER TWISTING PICC LINE IN VESSEL , PICC LINE WAS ABLE TO BE RETRACTED. UPON EXAMINING THE PICC BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO THREAD AGAIN PICC RN NOTICED WIRE PROTRUDING FROM THE TIP OF CATHETER. ATTEMPTED AT THAT TIME TO RETRACT WIRE AT THE LUMEN OF THE PICC AND MAGNET ON TIP OF PICC WOULD NOT RETRACT. PICC RN THEN ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE WIRE THROUGH TIP OF PICC AND WHEN SHE DID A PIECE OF THE WIRE WAS NOTED TO BE BROKEN AND FELL TO THE STERILE DRAPE. ATTEMPTED TO ADVANCE WIRE AGAIN AND ANOTHER PIECE ALSO FELL ONTO THE STERILE DRAPE. THAT PICC KIT WAS THEN DISCARDED AND ANOTHER 3 FR KIT WAS THEN USED." IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT AS "PICC CATHETER REMAINED INTACT AND NONE OF THE BROKEN WIRE PIECES WERE RETAINED IN THE PATIE

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 8800161 ↗