Bard Nasogastric Sump TubeRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 5 models of Bard Nasogastric Sump Tube by C. R. Bard, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 31 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Apr 27, 2017 and Apr 14, 2026 — classified as 3 injuries, 28 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Material Split, Cut or Torn” (8 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. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works

Most reported Bard Nasogastric Sump Tube problems

Bard Nasogastric Sump Tube models

5 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.

• Bard® Nasogastric Sump Tube 0042160

  TUBE, NASOGASTRIC
  13 reports
• Bard® Nasogastric Sump Tube 0042140

  TUBE, NASOGASTRIC
  7 reports
• Bard® Nasogastric Sump Tube 0042180

  TUBE, NASOGASTRIC
  7 reports
• Bard® Nasogastric Sump Tube 0042100

  TUBE, NASOGASTRIC
  2 reports
• Bard® Nasogastric Sump Tube 0042120

  TUBE, NASOGASTRIC
  2 reports

Recent Bard Nasogastric Sump Tube adverse event reports

The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionApr 14, 2026Disconnection; Material Fragmentation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT CUSTOMER HAD THIS BARD NASOGASTRIC TUBING 0042140 COME APART WHILE BEING USED IN A PATIENT. THE DEPARTMENT STAFF STATED THAT THE BLUE TUBING SHOULD NOT SEPARATE FROM THE CLEAR COMPONENT PART, BUT IT DID.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24879367 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 17, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN BOTH NASOGASTRIC TUBE CAUSED THEM TO LEAK.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23830157 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 2, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER PLACING AN OROGASTRIC TUBE FOR GASTRIC DECOMPRESSION, THE OROGASTRIC TUBE WAS VERIFIED WITH A KIDNEY, URETER, AND BLADDER X-RAY AND THEN HOOKED UP TO SUCTION AND WHISTLING WAS NOTED, AND THE SUCTION WAS NOT WORKING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TUBE, THE OPENING BETWEEN THE CLEAR PART OF THE TUBE AND THE PIGTAIL WAS TORN IN TWO PLACES, CAUSING THE AIR FROM THE SUCTION TO PULL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE TORN TUBE RATHER THAN FROM THE PATIENT'S STOMACH. THE TUBE HAD TO BE REMOVED, REPLACED, AND RE-VERIFIED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21950405 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 2, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THEY NOTICED THERE WAS A HOLE WHERE THE BLUE VENT GOES INTO THE BLUE PLASTIC PART. THEY USED 5 TO 6 OF THESE DAILY AND EVERY MONTH HE COMES ACROSS 3 OR 4 WITH THESE HOLES. THE CUSTOMER HAD TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE PATIENT, THROW IT AWAY, GET A NEW ONE AND INSERT IT BACK INTO THE PATIENT. CUSTOMER HAS A SAMPLE TO RETURN BUT IT IS CONTAMINATED WITH BLOOD.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21950400 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 14, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE 16 FR NASOGASTRIC TUBE HAD A HOLE IN THE TUBING NEAR THE BLUE PORT. THIS WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME THEY HAD NOTICED THIS ISSUE. THIS WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE EVERY TIME TO FLUSH THE TUBE IT LEAKED; THEREFORE, THE PATIENT WAS NOT RECEIVING THEIR CORRECT DOSE OF MEDICATION. ALSO, THE TUBE FEEDINGS WERE LEAKING TOO.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21387848 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 2, 2024Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE HAD A LEAK AT THE JUNCTION WHERE THE BLUE AND CLEAR TUBES MEET.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20825096 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 25, 2024Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material; Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS PRESENT ON THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE. ALSO STATED THAT THEY HAD NO PATIENT IMPACT AS THEY NOTICED BEFORE IT WAS USED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19605465 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 4, 2024Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT NURSES WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY UTILIZING THE BARD NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBES. STATED THAT THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY LEAKING EVEN WHEN PLACED ON SUCTION AND ALSO, AN ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE NOTED WAS THAT THE MARKINGS WERE NOT THE NORMAL CENTIMETERS (CM) MARKINGS AS WITH THE KANGAROO PRODUCT. WITH THAT BEING SAID NURSE DOCUMENT THE DEPTH OR LENGTH AT WHERE THE TUBE WAS PLACED. THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF THE TUBES COULD BE USED FOR MEDICATION OR TUBE FEEDS AS WELL AS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARKING WERE ON BARD VERSES OTHER TUBES. PER SAMPLE FORM RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ON 30APR2024, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE BARD NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBES WOULD LEAK WITH SUCTION AND FEEDINGS, NURSING UNABLE TO PROVIDE ACCURATE LOSS, NOT ENOUGH MARKINGS TO DETERMINE TUBE PLACEMENT FROM SHIFT TO SHIFT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19039951 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 29, 2024Incorrect Measurement; Component Misassembled; Incorrect Measurement; Component Misassembled

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN THE OPENINGS. BOTH WERE 18FR., 48¿ NASOGASTRIC TUBES, BUT IT HAD DIFFERENT LOT NUMBERS. THE ONE WITH THE LARGER OPENING (LOT#NGHV0924) AND THE SMALLER OPENING (LOT#NGZI1386). THE FEEDBACK THAT GETTING WAS THAT THE ONE WITH THE LARGER OPENING WAS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ADVANCE. IT SUPPOSEDLY KEPT BENDING ON ITSELF DURING INSERTION. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY COULD THOUGHT OF THAT DUE TO LESS PLASTIC, MEANS LESS ENDURANCE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH MINIMAL RESISTANCE, WHICH RESULTS IN BENDING AND KINKING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18806384 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 11, 2023Component Missing; Component Misassembled; Component Missing; Component Misassembled

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT UPON STOMACH EVACUATION USE, THEY NOTICED A MISSING AIR VENT VALVE MISSING FROM THE NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBE KIT. PER FOLLOW UP RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ON (B)(6) 2023, CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS NOT INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT, BUT THE PACKAGE WAS OPENED, AND THE PRODUCT HAD A MISSING PART, THE AIR VENT PORT (BLUE AND WHITE CONNECTOR), IN ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE THEY RECEIVED 13 MORE FROM STAFF THAT WERE STILL STERILE IN THE PACKAGING FROM BD.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17509025 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 12, 2023Wrong Label; Wrong Label

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE HAD CONFUSING LABEL INFORMATION THAT STATED 48" LENGTH BUT MEASURED 36". THE PACKAGING DID HAVE VARIOUS LENGTHS AND POINTS OF MEASURE INDICATED. HOWEVER THE PRODUCT HAD BEEN RETURNED TO MCKESSON BY THIS GROUP TWICE DUE TO THE CONFUSION WITH THE LABEL. CUSTOMER AND DISTRIBUTOR WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WAS EITHER MISLABELED OR THAT IT NEEDED THE LENGTH INFORMATION REPHRASED TO BE MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16919865 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 17, 2023Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE 16 FRENCH BARD NASOGASTRIC SUMP TUBE WAS PLACED AND ATTEMPTED TO AUSCULTATE AIR IN THE BELLY. AT THAT POINT, WHEN PLACED TO SUCTION, THE CAREGIVERS NOTED A SMALL HOLE IN THE TUBING NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE WHERE JUNCTION OF TUBE AT DISTAL SIDE FROM PATIENT. AS PER FOLLOW UP VIA EMAIL ON (B)(6) 2023, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LOT FOR THE DEVICE WAS NGGS1366. THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT AND THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED OF.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16564749 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 29, 2022Fluid/Blood Leak; Device Handling Problem; Fluid/Blood Leak; Device Handling Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE WAS LEAKING. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED VIA PHONE ON 21-DEC-2022, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CUSTOMER HAD USED THE CONNECTION THAT WAS NOT INDICATED TO BD. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN HOOKING IT UP TO A FEEDING ADMINISTRATION SET FOR CONTINUOUS FEED WHICH WAS NOT BD NG TUBES. REPRESENTATIVE REVIEWED THE INDICATIONS THAT WERE SHORT WERE SHORT FROM FEED AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CUSTOMER NEEDED A CONNECTION WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE SUCTION TUBING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16068640 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 15, 2022Fluid/Blood Leak; Nonstandard Device; Fluid/Blood Leak; Nonstandard Device

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE MEDICATIONS AND TUBE FEEDS GIVEN THROUGH THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE WERE NOT RECEIVED BY THE PATIENT DUE TO FAULTY EQUIPMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14695344 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 20, 2022Fluid/Blood Leak; Fracture; Fluid/Blood Leak; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE WAS LEAKING AT THE CONNECTION OF SUMP PORT TO TUBE. THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE TUBE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND REQUIRED TO X-RAY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14453969 ↗

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