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Patient 1
DURING SETUP FOR A LEFT HEART CATHETER PROCEDURE, PART OF THE PACK FOR SET UP - THE TIP OF A WIRE THAT GOES INTO A CATHETER - WAS OBSERVED TO BE BROKEN. IT LOOKED DISJOINTED. THIS HAD NO PATIENT AFFECT DUE TO THIS BEING SET UP PRIOR TO THE CASE. ALSO A NEW WIRE WAS USED THAT WAS NOT PART OF A PACK. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A .035 J WIRE FROM ANOTHER VENDOR (OUT OF CATHETER LAB STOCK) AND IT WORKED JUST FINE.