Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Kenex Radiation Shield

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, LLC.

¿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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    68219
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1706-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-05-02
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-06-03
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-02-25
  • 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
    Shield, protective, personnel - Product Code KPY
  • Causa
    Ge healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to the improper installation of a kenex ceiling suspended radiation shield and surgical lamp. this issue is not related to the design of the kenex product. the affected products are limited to installations completed or contracted by ge healthcare. there has been a reported incident of a radiation shield falling from the ceil.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter # 12209 dated May 2, 2014. The letter was addressed to Director of Biomedical Engineering, Director of Radiology and Chief of Cardiology. The letter described the Safety Issue, Safety Instructions, Affected product Details, Product Correction and Contact Information. For questions they should call 1-800-345-2700. For other countries, they should contact their local GE Healthcare Service Representative. .

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, GUATEMALA, GUYANA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LITHUANIA, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, and YEMEN.
  • Descripción del producto
    Kenex Radiation Shield and surgical lamps installed with GE Healthcare Interventional, Surgery, CT and X-Ray Imaging systems. || Kenex Suspension installed with Radiation shield and lamp with following model numbers: || E03971AA;E03981AA;E30421AA;E30431AA;E30591CA;E30591HD;E30591HL;E30591EB;E30511P;E30591AB;E30591B;E30511Q;E30591C;E30591A;E30591RR;E30591CB;E30591E;E33591PA;E33591PC. || Product Usage: || Personnel protective shield is a device intended for medical purposes to protect the patient, the operator, or other persons from unnecessary exposure to radiation during radiologic procedures by providing an attenuating barrier to radiation.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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