The device has not been returned to omsc but was returned to olympus (b)(4).(ofr).Ofr sent the device to a third party laboratory for microbiological testing.As a result of the testing, the sample collected from the all channels of the device tested positive for unspecified microbes (<1 cfu/endoscope).The testing result cleared the french 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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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 device.[first time; (b)(6) 2020] -mesophile flora at 30 (3 cfu/100ml), non pathogenic environmental germs [second time; (b)(6) 2020] -mesophile flora at 30 (1 cfu/100ml), non pathogenic environmental germs [third time; (b)(6) 2020] -mesophile flora at 30 (1 cfu/100ml), non pathogenic environmental germs [fourth time;(b)(6) 2020] -mesophile flora at 30 (13 cfu/100ml), non pathogenic environmental germs the device had been manually reprocessed using peracetic acid.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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