Device Problem
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
Patient Problem
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
Event Date 09/16/2020
Event Type
Malfunction
Manufacturer Narrative
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.
Event Description
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.
Unspecified microbes (+1 cfu/100 ml).
The device had been manually reprocessed using peracetic acid.
There was no report of infection associated with this report.