Events

Safety Alert for somatom computerized tomograph

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd. || Siemens A.G..

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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
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    I1604-170
  • Event Number
    2008EBC-0001864
  • Date
    2016-04-26
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=145
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has identified that after the use of the protocol for "newborn head with hp38 filter", results could be obtained with artifacts leading to erroneous adiagnostics, which could lead to the occurrence of potentially adverse events on the patients.

Device

somatom computerized tomograph
  • Model / Serial
    SOMATOM FORCE, version VA50A and VA50A_SP2 and pediatric filter Hp38.
  • Product Description
    Equipment for the production of cross-sectional images of the body by means of computer reconstruction of the X-ray transmission.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd. || Siemens A.G.

Manufacturer

Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd. || Siemens A.G.
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA