Events

Safety Alert for Gemini, Precedence and Brilliance

According to Department of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Hong Kong that was produced by Philips Healthcare.

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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
  • Date
    2012-07-11
  • Event Date Posted
    2012-07-11
  • Event Country
    Hong Kong
  • Event Source
    DH
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.mdco.gov.hk/english/safety/recalls/recalls_20120711.html
  • Notes / Alerts
    Hong Kong data is current through September 2018. All of the data comes from the Department of Health (Hong Kong), 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 data from the U.S. and Hong Kong.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Medical Device Safety Alert
  • Reason
    Medical device safety alert: philips gemini, precedence and brilliance medical device manufacturer, philips healthcare issued a medical device safety alert to remind philips gemini, precedence and brilliance users of the importance of careful reviewing and monitoring protocol parameters, especially when using the drop-down feature for mas/slice. philips also recommended the affected users to: review and carefully monitor each protocol selected before scanning the patient, the dose indices, specifically mas/slice, displayed on the control panel; make sure that the values displayed reasonably correspond to the doses normally associated with the protocol; always review and verify the mas/slice value before initiating any scan to prevent unintended radiation. based on the information provided by the local supplier, the affected products have been distributed in hong kong. if you are in possession of the affected products, please contact your supplier for necessary actions. posted on 11 july 2012.

Device

Gemini, Precedence and Brilliance
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    Medical Device Safety Alert: Philips Gemini, Precedence and Brilliance
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Healthcare

Manufacturer

Philips Healthcare
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    DH