Anaesthetic needle retained

Record number: 
742
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Estimated frequency: 
rare
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
During the harvest procedure the needle broke requring surgical removal leading to a harvest prolonged by 2 hours.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Definite
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
Suggest references: 
AAA