Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall GE Healthcare Precision RXi Digital system

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por GE Healthcare.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    71574
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2122-2015
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-06-12
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2015-07-20
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2017-08-03
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Interventional fluoroscopic x-ray system - Product Code OWB
  • Causa
    A reported incident of a monitor that fell from the suspension. a fall of a monitor could result in an injury to a patient or operator. recall affects the single and dual lcd monitor suspensions used on precision 500d classical r & f system, precision rxi 23a/32a analog system, precision rxi digital system and precision mpi fluoroscopic imaging systems.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated June 12, 2015, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Perform a visual check before and after each use for the presence of the four (4) mounting screws as shown in the pictures below. Check the secureness of these screws by hand. If these screws are present and secure, you may continue use of the system. If any of these screws are missing or can easily be turned by hand, follow the precautions below before you continue use with the monitor(s). 1. Position the monitor suspension in the most frequently used position and limit further movement as much as possible. 2. Clearly inform (e.g. through signage and verbal instructions) the users and other auxiliary personnel who may come in contact with the system to not move the monitor suspension once in position. 3. Contact your GE Healthcare representative to inform them of any loose or missing screws. For questions or concerns regarding this notification, please contact GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or your local Service Representative.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Mfg Lot or Serial # 00000003510MC5 00000004082MC4 00000001524MC8 00000004565MC8 00000004022MC0 00000001590MC9 00000002033MC9 00000004021MC2 00000001528MC9 00000001975MC2 00000002235MC0 00000003739MC0 00000001147MC8 00000001280MC7 00000000953MC0 00000001645MC1 00000001319MC3 00000002255MC8 00000004585MC6 00000001473MC8 00000001292MC2 00000004110MC3 00000001354MC0 00000001744MC2 00000002104MC8 00000001020MC7 00000001093MC4 00000001429MC0 00000001453MC0 00000001407MC6 00000001388MC8 00000001374MC8 00000001296MC3 00000001652MC7 00000001381MC3 00000004024MC6 00000004160MC8 00000001380MC5 00000001969MC5 00000001100MC7 00000001170MC0 00000004108MC7 00000003844MC8 00000001288MC0 00000004702MC7 00000004703MC5 00000001394MC6 00000001527MC1 00000001428MC2 00000004597MC1 00000004027MC9 00000003966MC9
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide Distribution including GU and DC., and to the countries of : Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan,Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela and Yemen.
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Healthcare Precision RXi Digital system
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    GE Healthcare, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA