Recall Z-0489-2014 ยท MHX Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms)
GE Healthcare, LLC
HGE Healthcare Patient Monitor B30, Procare Monitor B20, Procare Monitor B40, and Monitor B40 K122253 (Procare Monitor B20): The PROCARE Monitor B20 is a portable multiparameter unit to be used for monitoring and recording of, and to generate alarms for, multiple physiological parameters of adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients in a hospital environment and during intra-hospital transport. The P
| Date | Dec 12, 2013 (initiated Oct 11, 2013) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to ECG filter settings associated with the B20/B40 V1, B30 and B40 V2 Patient Monitors. The B20, B30 and B40 Patient Monitors set the ECG filter setting incorrectly if the monitor starts with impedance respiration set in the ON position. Instead of the user selected filter, an additional 0.5 Hz high pass filter is used. The |
| Root cause | Software design |
| Action | GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated October 10, 2013, to all affected consignees. The letter described the safety Issue, Safety Instructions, Affected Product, Details, Product Correction and Contact Information (Technical Support at 1-800-558-7044).Consignees were asked to retain a copy of the instructions with the user manual. For questions regarding this recall call 262-513-4122. |
| Quantity | 16,061 (343 US, 15,718 OUS) |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) to CA, CT, FL, GA, MO, NC, NJ, PA, TX, WI and Internationally to: FRANCE, PORTUGAL, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA 7 HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BULGARIA, NEW |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |