Events

Recall Or Safety Alert for Emission tomographs Symbia: - tomograph emission Symbia S; - tomograph emission Symbia T

According to Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, this recall or safety alert involved a device in Belarus that was produced by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., USA.

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall / Safety alert
  • Event Number
    ИМ-7.97538
  • Date
    2014-09-23
  • Event Country
    Belarus
  • Event Source
    MHRB
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.rceth.by/ru/Safety/MedSafety
  • Notes / Alerts
    Belarussian data is current through June 2016. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Belarus.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    This letter was initiated in order to inform you of the upcoming safety check of a symbia s or symbia t emission scanner. this check is necessary due to the fact that siemens medical solutions usa, inc. received reports of unintended radial movement of the detectors, which could cause injury to the patient. if symbia s or t scanners detect such errors, they are automatically disabled. if your tomograph with the message "the system requires service. please contact your service representative" has been turned off, it will remain off until the fault has been manually fixed by the service.

Device

Emission tomographs Symbia: - tomograph emission Symbia S; - tomograph emission Symbia T

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., USA