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Device Problem
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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Patient Problems
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Type
malfunction
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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 Description
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Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) was informed that as a result of routine microbiological testing by the user facility, the subject device tested positive for unspecified microbes after the user reprocessed the subject device.The user facility did not provide other detailed information such as the number and the type of microbes.Also other detailed information such as the reprocessing method was not provided.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.The subject device has not been returned to omsc but was returned to olympus europa k.G (oekg).Oekg sent the device to a third party laboratory for microbiological testing.As a result of the testing, no microbe was detected in the sample collected from the instrument channel and the distal end of the subject device.The testing result cleared german guideline.Oekg checked the subject device and found that following; the insertion tube lock/free knob had small leak.The glue of the bending section rubber had been damaged.Omsc reviewed the manufacture history (dhr) of the device and confirmed no irregularity.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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