Device Problem
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
Patient Problem
Sepsis (2067)
Event Date 10/18/2018
Event Type
Injury
Manufacturer Narrative
The subject device in this report has not been returned to omsc for evaluation.
There was no malfunction report of the subject device.
Since the serial number of this device is unknown and omsc could not confirm the manufacturing history.
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.
Event Description
Olympus medical systems corp.
(omsc) was informed that a patient developed sepsis after a cystoscopy using the subject device.
The patient was discharged from the user facility after the cystoscopy, but the patient visited the hospital again due to difficulty in urination and was diagnosed with sepsis.
Dialysis was carried out for the patient hastily.
The user facility commented that urinary tract¿s infection was possibly caused by the cystoscopy and resulted in the sepsis.
The user facility reprocessed the subject device using olympus automated endoscope reprocessor model oer-s (not available in the usa.
) the outcome of the patient is currently unknown.