| Model Number |
PCF-H180AI |
| 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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| Date of Event |
09/21/2020
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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 in this report has not been returned to omsc for evaluation.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 multiple microbiological testing by the user facility, following microbes were detected from the sample collected from the subject device.First time; sept.21st, 2020; air/water channel: unspecified microbes (15 cfu/endoscope), instrument channel: unspecified microbes (>25 cfu/endoscope), second time; sept.21st, 2020; air/water channel: unspecified microbes (7 cfu/endoscope), instrument channel: unspecified microbes (>25 cfu/endoscope).The device had been reprocessed with a non-olympus automated endoscope reprocessor, poka yoke (getinge), using peracetic acid.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.The subject device has not been returned to olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) but was returned to olympus france (ofr).Ofr 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 all channels of the device.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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