Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Monitor suspensions used with Advantix Legacy, RFX Classical, SFX90

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
    49581
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0200-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2007-03-09
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2008-10-27
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-08-24
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=73838
  • 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
    Diagnostic x-ray high voltage generator - Product Code IZO
  • Causa
    Ge healthcare has recently become aware of a potential risk of monitor dropping associated with the monitor suspension of the advantx system that may impact patient safety. it has been reported that suspensions manufactured after march 8, 1995 did not have the required thread locking agent applied to the setscrew, allowing the setscrew to back out over time, which can lead to the monitor dropping.
  • Acción
    Consignees were sent a GE Healthcare "Product Safety Notification" letter dated September 13, 2007. The letter was addressed to Hospital Administrators/Managers of Radiology/Radiologists. The letter described the Safety Issue, Affected Product, Safety Instructions, Corrective Action and Contact Information. The letter recommends that customers move the monitor suspension to an open area in the room where viewing is still possible and make sure to minimize the movement of the monitor until a Qualified GE Healthcare Field Engineer has inspected the suspension. The letter also states that a Qualified GE Healthcare Field Engineer will schedule a field visit to inspect the monitor suspension. Customers should contact their sales or service rep is they have any questions.

Device

Device Recall Monitor suspensions used with Advantix Legacy, RFX Classical, SFX90
  • Modelo / Serial
    00000486566WK3, 00000486586WK1, 00000486555WK6, 00000486573WK9, 00000486581WK2, 00000478555WK6, 00000486579WK6, 00000486588WK7, 00000486557WK2, 00000486560WK6, 00000486550WK7, 00000486556WK4, 00000486547WK3, 00000056366VP8, 00000486544WK0, 00000486541WK6, 00000486543WK2, 00000471291WK5, 00000486568WK9, and 00000486559WK8
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of AZ, CA, FL, GA, IA, MD, MO, NC, NY, OH, OK, TN, TX,WI, and LA, and country of Slovak Republic.
  • Descripción del producto
    Monitor suspensions used with Advantx Legacy, RFX Classical, SFX-90, Model # 46-240838G2, manufactured after March 8, 1985 for Advantx Legacy, RFX and SFX systems. || General-purpose radiographic system component used to suspend the system's image monitor.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

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