Recall of IMPAX SERVER

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by AGFA HEALTHCARE INC..

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
    31509
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-06-07
  • Event Country
  • 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
    Enterprise query did not retrieve the images locally when in the ris container. the issue does not affect pre-fetched studies but only those studies for which users do an ad hoc query from the impax text area. when using enterprise query from the text impax area if a study has a local report it will prevent the remote study images from being retrieved.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: VERSION IMPAX 6.4 SU4 (Lot serial: Version IMPAX 6.4 SU4)
  • Product Description
    IMPAX SERVER
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    MISSISSAUGA
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    HC