Events

Recall of CENTRICITY PACS-IW

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE).

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
    29738
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-02-26
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    A database handling error could occur during the image acquisition process affecting the completeness of acquired images with centricity pacs-iw. there is a potential that one or more "image series" (i.E. all images within an image set) may be missing from an exam without indication to the user. while this is rare this can occur with imaging studies that consist of a very small number of images per series. e.G. cr thorax exam with 1 image per series. there have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue.

Device

CENTRICITY PACS-IW

Manufacturer

GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)