The user facility reported that a patient developed colitis following a colonoscopy procedure using an endoscope that had been reprocessed in their advantage plus automated endoscope reprocessor (aer).Following reprocessing in the aer, the endoscope was placed in an endodry cabinet until use in the patient procedure.The user facility reported the colitis was believed to be due to the rapicide pa high-level disinfectant used in the aer.The reprocessing cycle parameter sets used with the endoscope were reviewed and confirmed to be correct.The reprocessing cycle printout was reviewed by the user facility and confirmed that the cycle was completed without error and the rinse cycle was completed appropriately.Medivators performed a batch record review on the lot of high-level disinfectant in the machine at the time the endoscope was reprocessed and no anomalies were identified.Additional retain testing confirmed the high-level disinfectant met specification.Medivators will continue to monitor for similar events to ensure that the product continues to perform as expected.
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