ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-1070-2022 ยท FGB Ureteroscope And Accessories, Flexible/Rigid

Karl Storz Endoscopy

11278VSA 11278VSAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020); 11278VSE 11278VSEK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020); 11278VSU 11278VSUK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z18447US-BC (03/2018); 11278VSUA 11278VSUAK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLEX-XC) Z23117US-BA (10/2020); 11278VSUE 11278VSUEK Flexible Video-Uretero-Renoscope (FLE

DateApr 1, 2022
StatusOpen, Classified
ReasonFailure to achieve the expected six-log reduction in microorganisms following the disinfection process.
Root causeUnder Investigation by firm
ActionOn 04/01 and 6/2022, the firm emailed an "Urgent Medical Device Recall" letter to customers and followed up with a hardcopy letter on 04/07-08/2022 via their Third Party contractor informing customers of a labeling update to correct the instructions for use for certain flexible urological endoscopes and advise that high-level disinfection should not be used as a method of reprocessing. Supplemental validation testing of the efficacy of the manual high-level disinfection process using CIDEX OPA was performed. Testing showed that required efficacy level of disinfection using CIDEX OPA was not
QuantityAll Serial Numbers manufactured/distributed since January 2018.
DistributionU.S.: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, Guam, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA,WI, WV, and WY. O.U.S.: Mexico, Lebanon, and South Korea
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K141250FLEXIBLE VIDEO-URETERO-RENOSCOPE SYSTEM
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., Jun 11, 2014