JANUARY 30, 2025

FDA Alert Issued for Olympus MAJ-891 Accessory

The FDA has issued an early alert regarding Olympus’s MAJ-891 Forceps/Irrigation Plug accessory after the company’s urgent advisory recommending the device be removed from use due to a high risk for patient infection.

“Patient infection as a result of exposure to a contaminated device can occur when reprocessing of the MAJ-891 Forceps/Irrigation Plug is improper and/or incomplete,” such as when the device is not disconnected from the endoscope and disassembled before