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MalfunctionLMB

OLYMPUS

Received Nov 10, 2000

Report 2429304-2000-00002 · MDR key 305053

Device

Generic name

Software

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

NA

Product problems

  • Computer Software Problem
  • Off-Label Use

Patient

UNKNOWN

  • Other (for use when an appropriate patient code cannot be identified)

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

A HOSP PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT DETAILS OF A PT EXAMINATION (PT "X") WERE ENTERED INTO AN OLYMPUS SOFTWARE PROGRAM, ENDO WORKS, VERSION 6.3. ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICIAN, THE REPORT PRINTED CORRECTLY. THE PHYSICIAN EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE REPORT WAS UPLOADED FROM THE ENDO WORKS SYSTEMS TO THE HOSP'S COMPUTER PROGRAM UNDER PT X'S NAME, THE REPORT HAD THE SAME OF ANOTHER PT (PT A). HOSP PERSONNEL DO NOT KNOW PT A. NEXT, WHEN THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP THE REPORT OF PT X IN THE ENDO WORKS SYSTEM, HE WAS STILL GETTING THE TEXT REPORT FOR PT A; THE IDENTIFIERS AND PICTURES WERE OF PT X. NOTE THAT THE PHYSICIAN MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE INITIAL REPORT PRINTED CORRECTLY FOR PT X.