Peripheral Catheter Insertion Kit F320088TRecalls & reported problems
Bard Access Systems, Inc. · PowerGlide 20Ga, 8cm · Class 2
All models of Peripheral Catheter Insertion Kit (54)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00801741140723), received between Apr 27, 2018 and Jun 13, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries, 2 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (4 reports).
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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break4
- Failure to Advance1
- Retraction Problem1
- Sticking1
Patient problems
- Foreign Body In Patient3
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions2
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJun 13, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED VIA MEDWATCH, A RIGHT 20G 8CM POWERGLIDE PRO MIDLINE WAS PLACED IN THE RIGHT CEPHALIC VESSEL. HAD GOOD BLOOD RETURN (LAB WORK RETRIEVED), BUT RESISTANCE WAS MET WITH FLUSH X2 ATTEMPTS. THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED, BUT THE PLASTIC TIP WAS NOT INTACT (1CM), WIRE NOTED TO BE INTACT. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 22206832 ↗InjuryMay 23, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED BY CUSTOMER THAT THE POWERGLIDE CATHETER SHEER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 5/6/2025: ARM XRAY, CHEST XRAY, AND TTE COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO CHANGES TO PATIENTS'. ASSESSMENT. DISCHARGED ON ANTICOAGULANTS (ALREADY REQUIRED FOR OTHER HEALTH DIAGNOSIS).
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22079298 ↗InjuryMay 21, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED, RIGHT POWERGLIDE PRO 8CM 20G PLACED IN THE RIGHT CEPHALIC VESSEL. POWERGLIDE WOULD NOT FLUSH. UPON REMOVAL, THE CATHETER'S FULL LENGTH WAS NOT NOTED. PINK HUB CATHETER WAS PLACED NEXT TO ANOTHER CATHETER OF SAME LENGTH FOR COMPARISON. APPEARS TO BE SHEARED WITH 1-2CMS OF CATHETER TIP MISSING. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 22066152 ↗InjuryMay 21, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED "POWERGLIDE PRO CATHETER BROKE IN PATIENT BODY. DR HAD TO SURGICALLY REMOVE REMAINING CATHETER." NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 05/11/2021: IT WAS REPORTED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL "I FILLED OUT A MIDAS WITH THE EVENT. THE PATIENT IS STILL IN THE UNIT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED FOR PT NAME, ETC. THE LINE WAS BEING INSERTED AND WHILE ADVANCING THE CATHETER RESISTANCE WAS MET SO WHEN THE WIRE WAS PULLED BACK THERE WAS MORE RESISTANCE SO WHEN I REMOVED THE DEVICE I NOTED THAT THERE WAS PARTIAL CATHETER INTACT. I PALPATED AND FELT WHAT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE THE RETAINED CATHETER IN THE SKIN. A TOURNIQUET WAS PLACED LIGHTLY IN THE AXILLA REGION AND THE DR WAS PAGED IMMEDIATELY. CATHETER WAS REMOVED AT BEDSIDE WITH MINIMAL HARM BUT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN HARMFUL. THE CATHETER WAS IN THE PATIENTS SUBCUTANEOUS AREA RATHER THAN ALL THE WAY IN THE VEIN. THE PATIENT WAS BEING TREATED ORIGINALLY FOR CANCER AND HAS SINCE HAD MORE GO ON. THE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT VASCULATURE WHICH IS WHY A POWERGLIDE WAS CHOSEN. NO INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTED FOR PATIENT. ALL OF THE MISSING CATHETER WAS ALSO RETRIEVED WE USED A MEASURING TAPE TO BE POSI
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 11866444 ↗MalfunctionApr 27, 2018Retraction Problem; Sticking; Failure to Advance
IT WAS REPORTED POWERGLIDE PRO 8 CM 20 GAUGE CATHETER INSERTED INTO A PATIENT. AFTER VEIN ACCESSED, THE GUIDEWIRE ADVANCED WITH NO PROBLEM, WHEN THE CATHETER ADVANCED IT ONLY ADVANCED HALFWAY. RETRACTED THE CATHETER AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE GUIDEWIRE BUT IT WAS STUCK IN THE ADVANCED POSITION. THE ENTIRE MIDLINE PULLED OUT OF THE PATIENTS SKIN AND THE GUIDEWIRE HAD SHEARED, UNCOILED, AND THE UNCOILED PORTION WAS STICKING OUT OF THE PATIENT¿S SKIN. SHEARED PORTION OF THE GUIDEWIRE WAS THEN COMPLETELY REMOVED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 7469913 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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