Olympus medical systems corp.
(omsc) was informed that three patients were infected with pseudomonas after cystoscopy using the subject device.
In addition, it was reported that one of three patients died.
However, the relationship between the death and subject device and the infection is currently unknown.
The two patients¿ condition other than the expired patient is currently unknown.
The user facility returned the subject device to olympus for repair because the subject device did not pass a leakage test.
The user facility had cleaned the subject device using a non-olympus single use cleaning brush (mi-cb-sweep-port, cantel) and reprocessed the subject device using a non-olympus automated endoscope reprocessor (medivators rapidaer, cantel), using a non-olympus disinfectant (rapicide part a and rapicide part b, cantel).
Omsc is submitting three medical device reports according to the number of the infected patients.
This is two of three reports.
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