Events

Recall of MX8000 IDT 16 Slice CT Scanner

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-00747-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-07-22
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2013-RN-00747-1
  • 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
    The ct system phantom supplied with the affected scanners has a special pin by which the customer can check the low contrast (lc) detectability for quality assurance. this pin consists of a nylon (aculon) body with six smaller lexan pins of 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm and 8mm diameters, which have contrast difference of approximately 1% from aculon.The lc test is performed by visually inspecting the section and selecting the smallest detectable lexan pin for a predefined scan protocol as defined in the instructions for use (ifu) manual. this manufacturer-recommended procedure is subjective in nature and needs to be performed on several scans and by different people to be reliable.This pin visibility deteriorates over time because of slow water absorption. as the pin visibility deteriorates, the test becomes unreliable and inaccurate.
  • Action
    The customer letter is providing a guideline to a more reliable check of the image noise on the water layer of the system phantom to assure that LC is within the specification. The letter is an addendum to the Instructions for Use. It replaces the Image Quality Low Contrast measurement instructions found in the Instructions for Use.

Device

MX8000 IDT 16 Slice CT Scanner

Manufacturer

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