Recall Z-0312-2021 ยท BSZ Gas-Machine, Anesthesia
GE Healthcare, LLC
GE Datex-Ohmeda Avance CS2 Anesthesia System - Product Usage: intended to provide general inhalation anesthesia and ventilatory support to a wide range of patients (neonatal, pediatric, adult). The device is intended for volume or pressure control ventilation.
| Date | Sep 17, 2020 |
| Status | Open, Classified |
| Reason | Flow sensors could have damaged tubes in the form of small punctures or cuts. |
| Root cause | Process control |
| Action | GE will issue an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to customers with affected flow sensors. This letter will inform the customer of the issue and provide safety instructions, including to inspect all inventory of Flow Sensors. GE Healthcare will replace the Flow Sensors indicated on returned customer response forms, if applicable. In the U.S., this letter will be sent by a traceable means. The letter will be sent to the following titles within the affected accounts: Chief of Anesthesia, Director of Biomedical / Clinical Engineering, and Health Care Administrator / Risk Manager. GE Hea |
| Quantity | 88 devices |
| Distribution | U.S. states where product was distributed - AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI Foreign countries impacted - Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Isra |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K172045 | Aestiva 7900, Aestiva MRI, Aestiva 7100, Aestiva 7100 Compact, Aespire 100, Aespire 7100, Aespire 7900, Aespire View, Av Datex-Ohmeda, Inc., Nov 3, 2017 |