There are no injuries associated with this event.Evaluation summary: the reported symptom, in regards to the water channel error, was attributed to a failed flojet purge pump (2100-5-15a), date code july 2013, p/n 11010, and was caused by thermal damage which lead to premature failure of the pump.The reported symptom relating to the ultrasonics not performing as intended was attributed to the ultrasonic generator (500 w) board only, date code 2012, p/n 12008, and was caused by a faulty resistor.The loss of the ultrasonic generator does not, of and by itself, result in an endoscopic high level disinfection process failure that does not render a microbiologically safe product or present any additional risks for re-use given the nature of the pre-cleaning labeling instructions and high-level disinfection.The biomed / facility staff was provided a copy of the technical bulletin - tb-2013-004.The customer was also informed that this procedure should be carried out every morning prior to the processing of any scopes.Given the nature of endoscope pre-processing and high-level disinfection based on sgna guidelines, either the presence or absence of ultrasonics should still result is an endoscope that has had its bioburden reduced to an acceptable level.It is concluded that there is no reasonable likelihood that an endoscope processed in the absence of the ultrasound will present any additional risks.
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