Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de GE Centricity PACS software

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 Integrated IT Solutions.

¿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
    51501
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1549-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2009-04-03
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-07-01
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-05-25
  • 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
    System, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
  • Causa
    There is a potential safety issue associated with the use of ge centricity pacs software related to configuration of dicom query retrieval with rejected images.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated April 2, 2009 to their Centricity PACS software versions 2.1.x and 3.0.x customers with attention to the Director of Radiology, the Hospital Administrator, the Head of the Radiology Department and the PACS Administrator. The letters advised users of the patient safety issue associated with the affected device and provided safety instructions to follow until the software is updated. User were asked to complete the enclosed Customer Reply form and fax the completed form to 1-847-939-1479. Centricity PACS Software Versions 1.0.x and 2.0.x customers were sent separate letters explaining the issue and the safety instructions to follow, but there will be no software updates since those software versions are no longer being supported. Any questions should be directed to the Remote Online Center, Field Engineer or the GE Customer Care Center at 1-800-437-1171.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Centricity PACS software versions 2.1.X and 3.0.X and Centricity PACS versions 1.0.X and 2.0.X.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - United States including Puerto Rico and countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Centricity PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) software; GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions, Barrington, IL 60010. || The Centricity PACS is used to receive, store, distribute, display, manipulate, edit and annotate images throughout a clinical environment.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington IL 60010-3051
  • Source
    USFDA