Events

Recall of MX 16-Slice (Full body CT system)

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Philips Electronics Australia Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2013-RN-00849-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-08-12
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2013-RN-00849-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Philips healthcare received a report stating that a doctor received a finger pinch from the table top, which resulted in injury. the injury occurred when the doctor placed their hand at the end of the table top. the operator of the system did not notice that the doctor's finger was positioned at the pinch point when they started the movement of the table top.
  • Action
    Philips will be providing additional warning labels and instructions to users to prevent this issue from occurring. In the interim, Philips Healthcare is advising users to ensure CT scanner room access is controlled by procedures and policies that identify authorised personnel, and includes that patient or bystanders are to keep hands away from the table top when moving. Philips is advising operators to observe the status of patient or bystander when operating the control panel and CT-Box to control patient table.

Device

MX 16-Slice (Full body CT system)

Manufacturer

Philips Electronics Australia Ltd
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    DHTGA