The device was returned to olympus is pending evaluation and microbial testing.
The scope will be sent to an independent laboratory for microbial testing.
As part of our investigation, on february 04, 2019 an olympus endoscopy support specialist (ess) was dispatched to the user facility to observe the facility¿s reprocessing practices and provide training if necessary.
Upon arrival the ess was informed that the facility did not have a leak tester and wanted the in-service/observation to be rescheduled for a later date.
To date the user facility has not finalized date for this visit.
If additional information received this report will be supplemented accordingly.
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Olympus was informed that two patients developed kelbsiella pneumonia infections after undergoing cystoscopy procedures using two of the facility¿s cystonephrofiberscopes ((b)(4)).
The patients were treated with intravenous antibiotics.
In addition, the user facility reported that they use enzyme and aldahol cleaner to disinfect and clean the scope.
The minimum effective concentration is being checked every 2 weeks.
The endoscope channel is being brushed during manual cleaning using a reusable brush (model: unk).
The scope is precleaned immediately after the procedure as it is rinsed, flushed, soaped and the steps are then repeated.
The scope is not being leaked tested prior to manual cleaning.
Air is flushed into the scope after reprocessing.
There is no known issue with the facility¿s automatic endoscope reprocessor (aer) (model: unk).
The facility¿s last in-service with an olympus endoscopy support specialist was conducted on feb 5, 2019.
There have been no changes to the facility¿s reprocessing staff since the last in-service.
The user facility reported that all the reprocessing staffs were trained on how to properly reprocess an endoscope.
This is 2 of 2 reports.
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