The subject device has not returned to olympus medical systems corp.
(omsc) for evaluation yet.
There were no further details provided.
If significant additional information is received, this report will be supplemented.
Event Description
Olympus medical systems corp.
(omsc) was informed that the user facility found three patients were infected with unspecified microbes on (b)(6) 2020.
The three patients underwent endoscopic procedures using cyf-vha on (b)(6) 2020.
The patients' outcome is reportedly as follows.
First patient: fever.
Second patient: fever and hospitalization.
Third patient: unknown.
The cyf-vha had been reprocessed with an olympus automated endoscope reprocessor model oer-s using peracetic acid.
The concentration of disinfectant of the oer-s was effective.
The user wipes the cyf-vha with a sterile cloth after automated reprocessing cycle and stores the device in the basin of the oer-s until next procedure.
Olympus is submitting 3 medwatch reports for the cyf-vha.
This is the 1st of the 3 reports.