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| Medical Device Problem Code |
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report for non-fatal serious injury/device malfunction has been stored under the covid-19 pandemic in accordance with the guidance published by fda, postmarketing adverse event reporting for medical products and dietary supplements during a pandemic.The device was returned to olympus (b)(4).Olympus deutschland gmbh 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 distal end and the instrument, the air/water channels of the device.The testing result cleared the german guideline.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 device.Distal end: staphylococcus warneri (1 cfu) instrument channel: escherichia coli (68 cfu), pseudomonas aeruginosa (41 cfu), serratia marcescens (2 cfu) the device had been reprocessed with a steelco automated endoscope reprocessor model ew 2/2, using neodisher septo pac.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.Device history record review indicates that the product was manufactured and tested in accordance with all applicable procedures and met all final product release criteria.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined.If additional information becomes available, this report will be supplemented.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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