FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OLYMPUS

MDR report key: 1020583 · Received March 28, 2008

Report

Report Number
8010047-2008-00056
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 28, 2008
Date of Event
February 26, 2008
Report Date
February 29, 2008
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Product Code
FDF
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE USER FACILITY HAS ELECTED NOT TO RETURN THIS DEVICE TO OLYMPUS FOR INVESTIGATION. THE USER FACILITY HAS INDICATED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NON-OLYMPUS AUTOMATIC ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR (AER) THAT WAS USED TO REPROCESS THIS DEVICE. THE AER HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE. AN OLYMPUS ENDOSCOPE SUPPORT SPECIALIST WAS DISPATCHED TO VISIT THE USER FACILITY AND CONDUCTED AN IN-SERVICE TRAINING ON HOW TO CLEAN AND HANDLE THE DEVICE. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AS AN MDR IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER FACILITY REPORTED, THAT A PT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHEMICAL COLITIS AFTER UNDERGOING A DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY AT THEIR FACILITY. THE PT REPORTEDLY, EXPERIENCED DIARRHEA AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITHIN 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. THE PT WAS TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FRO AN UNK AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT WAS SAID TO BE DOING FINE TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OLYMPUS EVIS EXERA II PEDIATRIC COLONOVIDEOSCOPE FDF OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION PCF-Q180AL NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Hospitalization