Model Number CYF-5A |
Device Problem
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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Patient Problems
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199); No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The device has not been returned to olympus medical systems corp.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information is received, this report will be supplemented.
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Event Description
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Olympus was informed that the subject device tested positive for klebsiella multiresistance during routine surveillance culturing test by the facility.The number of the microbes and the portion of the subject device, where the microbes were detected, was not reported.The subject device had been disinfected using non-olympus automated endoscope reprocessor (soloscope series3).There was no report of patient 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 from the user facility.The facility informed that the patient was infected with klebsiella multiresistencia before the procedure using the subject device, and the subject device broke without causing harm to the patient during the procedure.The facility reported that they sent the subject device to olympus for sterilizing and repair service without using it for another patient.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information is received, this report will be supplemented.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide the evaluation result of the device.The subject device had not been returned to olympus medical systems corp.But was returned to olympus (b)(4).The subject device was sent to a third party laboratory for additional microbiological testing.In the additional test, the testing indicated no microbial growth for the subject device.In the evaluation results of the subject device, there were the following abnormalities.The connecting tube and bending tube squeezed and kinked at several times.The four fibers of the image guide bundle were broken.The air valve unit was rotatable.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information is received, this report will be supplemented.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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