FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EVIS LUCERA ELITE COLONOVIDEOSCOPE

MDR report key: 12670490 · Received October 21, 2021

Report

Report Number
8010047-2021-13471
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 21, 2021
Date of Event
September 23, 2021
Report Date
October 21, 2021
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
FDF
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE SUBJECT DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO ANY OF OLYMPUS LOCATIONS. OMSC REVIEWED THE MANUFACTURE HISTORY (DHR) OF THE SUBJECT DEVICE AND CONFIRMED NO IRREGULARITY. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED PHENOMENON COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED. HOWEVER, BASED UPON THE INFORMATION FROM THE USER, OMSC SURMISED THAT THE REPORTED PHENOMENON WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE INAPPROPRIATE AND/OR INSUFFICIENT REPROCESS. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC) WAS INFORMED FROM THE USER THAT DURING THE UNSPECIFIED TIMING, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE YELLOW LIQUID HAD BEEN DROPPING FROM THE DISTAL END OF THE SUBJECT DEVICE WHILE THE SUBJECT DEVICE WAS STORED IN THE CABINET WITH HANGING AND THE CUSHION SHEET UNDER THE SUBJECT DEVICE HAD BEEN PEELED OFF. THIS PHENOMENON WAS FOUND TWO DAYS AFTER THE STORING FOR DRYING THE SUBJECT DEVICE. THE USER ALSO REPORTED THAT THE NURSE IN CHARGE OF THE REPROCESS HAD FORGOTTEN TO CONNECT THE CONNECTING TUBE TO THE SUBJECT DEVICE DURING THE REPROCESS AND THIS PHENOMENON WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE USER HANDLING. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1570215 EVIS LUCERA ELITE COLONOVIDEOSCOPE COLONOVIDEOSCOPE FDF OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. PCF-H290I

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1