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It was observed during the device inspection, the gastrointestinal videoscope had foreign materials in nozzle, plastic distal end cover (c-cover), adhesive around objective lens, bending section cover (a-rubber), upward/downward and right/left knobs.There were no reports of patient involvement.
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This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacture's (lm) review of the customer cleaning disinfection and sterilization (cds) processes, results of third-party testing, the device evaluation and the lms final investigation.The device was returned for evaluation where the reported event was identified.Based on the results of the investigation, the foreign material could not be specified and a definitive root cause cannot be identified.The legal manufacture reviewed the customer provided the cleaning disinfection and sterilization (cds) processes where no obvious deviations from instructions for use (ifu) were identified.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.This issue is addressed in the instructions for use (ifu): the subject event can be detected and prevented by implementation in accordance with the below ifu.Ifu states the detection method in gastrointestinal videoscope, gif-lv1, colonovideoscope, cf-lv1l, cf-lv1i, operation manual chapter 3 preparation and inspection.Ifu states the preventive measure in gastrointestinal videoscope, gif-lv1, colonovideoscope, cf-lv1l, cf-lv1i, reprocessing manual chapter 5 reprocessing the endoscope (and related reprocessing accessories).Olympus will continue to monitor the field performance of this device.
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