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UPON INVESTIGATION BY SCITON STAFF, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLINICIAN TREATED THE PATIENT WITHOUT DISINFECTING THE PROFRACTIONAL-XC HANDPIECE. THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE OPERATOR MANUAL REQUIRES THE HANDPIECE TO BE CLEANED AND DISINFECTED PRIOR TO REUSE. NO MALFUNCTION OF THIS DEVICE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS EVENT.
2940 NM LASER SCITON, INC. Report # 1612402
A CLINICIAN TREATING A PATIENT WITH NON-DISINFECTED PROFRACTIONAL-XC STANDOFF REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED INFECTION AND REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION.