Recall Z-1104-2008 ยท LLZ System, Image Processing, Radiological
GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions
GE Centricity PACS RA1000 Workstation; for diagnostic image analysis. GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions, Barrington, IL 60010
| Date | May 1, 2008 (initiated Dec 28, 2007) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Report missing characters: Four special characters, when entered into the exam notes, are not transferred to the preview panel or hard copy printout (greater than [>], less than [<], quotation mark ["], and apostrophe [']). This may not be evident to the end user, as the symbols only appear when the Exam Note window is open. |
| Root cause | Software design |
| Action | GE Healthcare IITS sent Product Safety Notification letters dated 12/28/07 to all customers who have the GE Centricity PACS RA1000 Workstation software versions 2.1.X, or 3.0.X, informing them of the potential patient safety issue involving the exam notes window, which may be used to provide various patient information including lab results. To mitigate this problem, the users were instructed not to use the following four special characters (greater than sign >, less than sign <, double quotation mark " and apostrophe ') in the exam notes field in order to prevent any adverse patient events. |
| Quantity | 557 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - USA, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Kingdom. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K043415 | CENTRICITY PACS SYSTEM Ge Medical Systems Information Technologies, Jan 21, 2005 |