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GIF-XP170N |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Failure to Clean Adequately (4048)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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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 legal manufacturer's investigation is ongoing, this report will be supplemented when new and relevant information becomes available.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was observed that during the device evaluation, the flex video scope exhibited tip cover had foreign object.There were no reports of patient involvement.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide the results of the legal manufacturer's final investigation.Corrected fields: d5, g2 (user facility and other should be unmarked) additional information added to field d8, h3, and h6.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.It has been over 9 years since the subject device was manufactured.No physical damage was found where the foreign material remained.The legal manufacturer was unable to confirm whether the customer's reprocessing steps were deviated from the instructions for use.Based on the results of the investigation, and although the foreign material was confirmed, olympus could not identify the material or specify the cause.The event can be detected and prevented by following the instructions for use: instructions for gif/cf-170 series operation manual chapter 3, ¿preparation and inspection¿ describes how to detect the subject event.Instructions for gif/cf-170 series reprocessing manual chapter 5, ¿reprocessing of the endoscope (and related reprocessing accessories)¿.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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