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CYF-VA2 |
| 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 device evaluation is ongoing.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was observed during the device inspection, that the cysto nephro videoscope exhibited foreign objects inside the forceps channel.There were no reports of patient involvement.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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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, 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.Physical damage was not found at the foreign material residue points and from the information obtained, it is unclear whether the reprocessing was carried out in accordance with the ifu, so the cause of the foreign material remaining could not be determined.Based on the facts found in the investigation, we surmised that the foreign material might have remained because reprocessing was deviated from the procedures written in the instruction manual.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.The subject event can be detected and prevented by implementation in accordance with the below ifu.As to the reprocessing procedures of the subject device, we checked the contents written in the instruction manual and found the following chapters.Residue of the foreign material might be prevented by following the chapters below.Chapter 5 reprocessing: general policy.Chapter 6 compatible reprocessing methods and chemical agents.Chapter 7 cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization procedures.Chapter 8 compatible endoscope reprocessor.Olympus will continue to monitor the field performance of this device.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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