Events

Recall of Philips M1783A and M5526A 12 Pin Sync Cables

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-2014-RN-01291-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-12-10
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2014-RN-01291-1
  • 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 following problems were found during internal testing:if electrical fast transits (eft) noise is injected into the monitor/defibrillator via ac mains power, and the monitor/defibrillator is connected to and receiving ecg signals from an auxiliary bedside monitor with an m1783a/m5526a 12 pin sync cable (8/24 feet) via the monitor’s ecg out port, then:1. when using a sync cable with the heartstart mrx or heartstart xl, eft noise can be mistaken as an r-wave. if this occurs when performing synchronized cardioversion, there is a potential for inducing ventricular fibrillation if shocks are synchronized to eft noise instead of the patient’s actual r-wave. 2. when using a sync cable with the heartstart xl+, eft noise can disable ecg monitoring, and potentially interrupt demand mode pacing, leading to a possible delay in therapy. a power cycle is required to resume ecg monitoring, however, fixed mode pacing is not impacted by this issue.
  • Action
    Philips will replace all affected sync cables with a new sync cable free of charge. A Philips Healthcare representative will contact customers with affected devices to arrange for a replacement. This action has been closed-out on 05/12/2016.

Device

Philips M1783A and M5526A 12 Pin Sync Cables

Manufacturer

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