Device product
Flexible Intubation Video Endoscope, Part: 11302BDX, with Instruction Manual: Z18443US - Product Usage: are intended to be used for examination and visualization of a patient s upper airway and for aiding placement of an endotracheal tube.
Z-2896-2020
Product summary
- Event
- Event 86009
- Status
- Ongoing
- Classification
- Class II
- Quantity
- 2668
- Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2896-2020
Official wording
Reason: Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.
Code information: Instruction Manual Version: 01/2020
Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of CA, NY, PA, AZ, OH, NJ, FL, NC, IL, SC, MA, IA, ND, WI, UT, AR, GA, WA, KY, CO, TX, TN, AL, LA, NE, WV, MO, MN, VA, MT, CT, MI, IN, NM, NV, ME, VT, NH, WY, DC, DE, OR, OK, MD, ID, AK, MS, KS, HI, RI, SD and the country of Canada.
Derived failure modes
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Unknown
Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.