Alerta De Seguridad para Product: INFINIA - Registration: 80071260049 - Risk Class III - High Risk - Technical Name: Nuclear Imaging System - Model: GE Healthcare Systems Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye Nuclear Medicine, Millennium VG, VG Hawkeye and VariCam Nuclear Medicine, all the settings (SEE APPENDIX)

Según Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), este evento ( alerta de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Brazil que fue producido por GE Healthcare do Brasil, Com. e Serv. para Equipamentos Médico-Hospitalares Ltda.; GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, F.I. HALFA D/B/A ELGEMS LTDA..

¿Qué es esto?

Las alertas proporcionan información importante y recomendaciones sobre los productos. Aunque se haya emitido una alerta, esto no significa necesariamente que el producto se considera peligroso. Las alertas de seguridad, dirigidas a trabajadores de la salud y a usuarios, pueden incluir retiro de equipos. Pueden ser escritas por los fabricantes, pero también por funcionarios del área de salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Safety alert
  • ID del evento
    1458
  • Fecha
    2014-10-09
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    ANVISA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    GE Healthcare "recommends that users monitor patients and systems throughout the scanning procedure to ensure there is sufficient space between the patient and the detectors. If the detector comes into contact with the patient, the user must press the Detector Out button on the Remote Control Unit to reverse the movement of the detector. If any unintended movement of the detector is identified, the user must press the Emergency Off button on the console or gantry to stop this movement and pull the patient release handle to remove it as indicated in the manual of user. When using Pressure Sensitive Devices in the gantry, this may not stop unintended movement of the detector. If you see error # 147 on axis 1, it will need to follow the instructions in the user manual and contact GE Services. "(LETTER TO CUSTOMERS IN ANNEX)
  • Causa
    According to the company, "during a whole body scan, the detector can move into the initial position and then slowly initiating the internal movement toward the patient. this move will generate both a visual and audio alert condition on the console and the gantry. this mode of failure was observed in a single system. ".
  • Acción
    Company will perform Update, correction or complementation of the instructions for use - Software update - IMF Code 40856