| Model Number |
GIF-N180 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
03/21/2019
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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 subject device in this report has not been returned to omsc for evaluation.Omsc reviewed the manufacturing history (dhr) of the subject device and confirmed no irregularity.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.
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Event or Problem Description
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Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) was informed that as a result of routine microbiological testing by the user facility, the sample collected from the suction channel of the subject device tested positive for champignons filamenteux and unspecified microbes (the total cfu of the coagulase- champignons filamenteux and unspecified microbes is 8cfu/100ml).The device had been reprocessed with a non-olympus automated endoscope reprocessor, soluscope serie 4, using peracetic acid.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The subject device has not been returned to olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) but was returned to olympus france.(ofr).Ofr sent the subject device to a third party laboratory for microbiological testing.As a result of the testing, the sample collected from all channels of the subject device tested positive for staphylocoques coagulase negative (1cfu/endoscope) and gram-positive bacteria (1cfu/endoscope).The testing result was target level in the french guideline.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.
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