FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ASP

MDR report key: 651970 · Received November 9, 2005

Report

Report Number
651970
Event Type
Other
Date Received
November 9, 2005
Date of Event
July 13, 2005
Report Date
July 19, 2005
Manufacturer
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS, J J
Product Code
FEB
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
VA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

UPON INSTALLATION OF A NEW REPROCESSOR THE DISINFECT TIME AND WASH TIME WERE INVERTED. INSTEAD OF 5 MINUTE DISINFECT AND 1 MIN. WASH, THE CYCLES WERE SWITCHED. THIS WAS NOTICED BY THE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE AFTER AN OLDER MACHINE OVERFILLED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED IN TO FIX IT. THE SECOND MACHINE TIMES ALSO HAD BEEN INVERTED AFTER RESETTING IT SO THAT THE DISINFECTANT COULD BE DRAINED OUT OF THE TUB INTO THE BASIN. ALL PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS AND THE STATE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT THIS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ASP ENDOSCOPY REPROCESSOR FEB ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS, J J 387P-2 *
2 ASP ENDOSCOPY REPROCESSOR FEB ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS, J J 387P-2 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *