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GIF-N180 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Microbial Contamination of Device (2303)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199); No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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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.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 microbiological testing by the user facility, the sample collected from the subject device tested positive for stenotrophomonas.Other detailed information such as the reprocessing method was not provided.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.The subject device has not been returned to omsc but was returned to olympus europa se & co.Kg (oekg).Oekg sent the device to a third party laboratory for microbiological testing.As a result of the testing, no microbe was detected from the sample collected from the distal end and the instrument, the air/water channels of the device.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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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.The device had been reprocessed with an olympus automated endoscope reprocessor model, minietd2 (not available in the usa), using peracetic acid.There was no report of infection associated with this report.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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