EVIS EXERA II DUODENOVIDEOSCOPE
Report
- Report Number
- 8010047-2019-02640
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- July 23, 2019
- Report Date
- February 18, 2020
- Manufacturer
- OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
- Product Code
- FDT
- UDI-DI
- 04953170229503
- PMA / PMN Number
- K143153
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- CO, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
THE ARTICLE DOES NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBERS FOR THE THREE DUODENOSCOPE MODELS (TJF-Q180V, TJF-160, AND PJF-160) USED IN THIS STUDY; THEREFORE, IT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED IF THE MENTIONED MODELS WERE RETURNED TO THE SERVICE CENTER FOR EVALUATION. IN ADDITION, THE ARTICLE DOES NOT SPECIFY WHICH MICROORGANISM EACH SCOPE CULTURED POSITIVE FOR. INVESTIGATION TO OBTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENTS IS IN PROGRESS. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AND SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO REPORT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOTED IN THE FULL COPY OF AN ARTICLE RECEIVED ON JANUARY 23, 2020. ALSO, UPDATING THE SCOPE MODEL FROM UNKNOWN TO TJF-Q180V. PLEASE THE UPDATES. IN ADDITION, THE ARTICLE STATES THAT THE ERCPS WERE PERFORMED ON PATIENTS < 1 YEAR OLD TO MID-20S.
THE SERVICE CENTER RECEIVED AN ARTICLE TITLED "RESULTS OF DUODENOSCOPE CULTURE AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF MANUFACTURER-RECOMMENDED REPROCESSING AND INFECTION SURVEILLANCE.¿ THE ARTICLE STATES THAT OUTBREAKS OF INFECTIONS TRANSMITTED BY DUODENOSCOPES HAVE PROMPTED CHANGES TO DUODENOSCOPE CLEANING PROTOCOLS. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF CLINICAL CLEANING PRACTICES. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, CULTURE DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM DEC 2015 TO JULY 2018 AND WAS COMPARED TO THE USER FACILITY¿S PROSPECTIVE ENDOSCOPIC ADVERSE EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM DATA TO ASSESS FOR INFECTIONS RELATED TO ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP). THE ARTICLE STATES THAT FOLLOWING MODELS TJF-Q180V, TJF-160 AND PJF-160 FROM THE USER FACILITY WERE CLEANED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S REPROCESSING MANUAL PROTOCOLS (IMMEDIATE BEDSIDE CLEANING FOLLOWED BY MANUAL CLEANING, TWO CYCLES OF AUTOMATED ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR CLEANING USING 22% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND 5% PEROXYACETIC ACID, 4.3% TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DETERGENT, THEN 70% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL AND DRYING). THEN SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE DUODENSCOPE¿S DISTAL TIP, INCLUDING ELEVATOR MECHANISM AND STERILE WATER FLUSH THROUGH THE CHANNEL. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 141 INSTANCES OF DUODENOSCOPE CLEANING, AND 282 CULTURES. THERE WERE 28 OF 236 (11.9%) INITIAL CULTURES WERE POSITIVE. THE SECOND CULTURES SHOWED 5 OF 36 (13.9%) WERE POSITIVE. THE THIRD SET OF CULTURES REVEALED 2 OF 8 (25%) WERE POSITIVE. SPECIMENS WERE GROWN IN BROAD CULTURE MEDIA. THE POSITIVE CULTURES WERE DEFINED AS >10 COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFUS) OF LOW-CONCERN ORGANISMS (COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI, MICROCOCCI, AND GRAM POSITIVE RODS) OR ANY CFUS OF HIGH-CONCERN ORGANISMS (YEAST, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, ENTEROCOCCUS, OR GRAM-NEGATIVE ENTERIC BACILLI). THE AUTHOR REPORTS THAT IF EITHER CULTURE WAS POSITIVE, THE CLEANING, CULTURING, AND QUARANTINE STEPS WERE REPEATED UNTIL CULTURES WERE NEGATIVE, OR, IF EITHER OF THE 3RD SET OF CULTURES WAS POSITIVE, THE DUODENOSCOPE WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR ASSESSMENT. IN ADDITION, A TREATING ENDOSCOPIST WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE DUODENOSCOPE EARLY FROM QUARANTINE IF CLINICALLY NECESSARY. THERE WERE NO PATIENTS WHO HAD SIGNIFICANT INFECTIONS AFTER ERCP. THIS IS REPORT 14 OF 35 FOR POSITIVE CULTURES.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610534 | EVIS EXERA II DUODENOVIDEOSCOPE | DUODENOVIDEOSCOPE | FDT | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. | TJF-Q180V | 04953170229503 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |