| Model Number |
GIF-2T160 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The subject device has not been returned to omsc but was returned to olympus (b)(4) (oekg).Oekg sent the device to a third party laboratory for microbiological testing.As a result of the testing, no microbe was detected from the sample collected from the device.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information becomes available, this report will be supplemented.
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Event or Problem Description
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Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) was informed that as a result of microbiological testing by the user facility, following microbes were detected from the sample collected from the subject device.Instrument channel: fungal hyphae (>20 cfu/endoscope), bacillus species (>20 cfu/endoscope), coagulase-negative staphylococci (>20 cfu/endoscope) the device had been reprocessed with an olympus automated endoscope reprocessor model etd3 (not available in the usa), using glutaraldehyde.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.Omsc reviewed the manufacturing history (dhr) of the subject device and confirmed no irregularity.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information becomes available, this report will be supplemented.
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