Recall Z-0060-2015 ยท MHX Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms)
GE Healthcare, LLC
GE Healthcare Carescape Patient Data Module
| Date | Oct 9, 2014 (initiated Sep 19, 2014) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue to the ECG calculations following a disconnect/reconnect cycle with the Patient Data Module, when used with the Carescape Bx50 monitors. If the PDM is quickly disconnected and reconnected (a less than 10 second cycle) from a Carescape Bx50 monitor following a Patient Discharge or during active monitoring, the ECG waveform an |
| Root cause | Software design |
| Action | Consignees were sent on 9/19/2014 a GE Healthcare "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter Ref# 336107 dated September 18, 2014. The letter was addressed to Director of Biomedical Engineering, Chief of Nursing and Healthcare Administrator / Risk Manager. The letter described the Safety Issue, Safety Instructions , Affected Product Details, Product Correction and Contact Information. For questions they can contact Technical Support at 1-800-558-70444 or your local Service Representative. |
| Quantity | 68,452 (39,505 units US, 24,711 units OUS, 4,236 units unidentified/unknown) |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including DC, PR, Guantanamo except DE, HI, ND, SD & WY; and countries of: SOUTH AFRICA, KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, TURKEY, TUNISIA, TRINIDAD TOBAGO, THAILAND, TANZANIA, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, SPAIN, SLOVAKIA, SINGAPORE, SAUDI ARABIA, R |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K071073 | SOLAR 8000 AND TRANSPORT PRO WITH PATIENT DATA MODULE Ge Medical Systems Information Technologies, May 11, 2007 |