Events

Safety Alert for Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye, Millennium VG, VG Hawkeye and VariCam Nuclear Medicine systems

According to Department of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Hong Kong that was produced by GE 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
    2014-02-11
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-02-11
  • Event Country
    Hong Kong
  • Event Source
    DH
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.mdco.gov.hk/english/safety/recalls/recalls_20140211a.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: ge healthcare infinia and infinia hawkeye, millennium vg, vg hawkeye and varicam nuclear medicine systems medical device manufacturer, ge healthcare, has issued a field safety notice concerning all configurations of infinia and infinia hawkeye, millennium vg, vg hawkeye and varicam nuclear medicine systems. the manufacturer has recently become aware of a potential safety issue related to unintended radial detector motion, which may occur during patient setup or at the end of a patient scan. this failure mode has been observed on a single system for a whole body scan, in which the detector moved to the home position and then slowly started drifting inward toward the patient. this generated both a visual and audio alert condition on both the console and the gantry. a potential life-threatening hazardous situation may occur if there is unintended radial detector motion leading to patient contact. the manufacturer advises users to monitor the patient and the system during the entire scan procedure to ensure that there is enough clearance between the patient and the detectors, and to follow the technical advice listed in the field safety notice. a representative from the manufacturer will perform a software upgrade on each affected system. according to the local supplier, the affected products were not distributed in hong kong. if you are in possession of the affected products, please contact your supplier for necessary actions. posted on 11 february 2014.

Device

Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye, Millennium VG, VG Hawkeye and VariCam Nuclear Medicine systems
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    Medical Device Safety Alert: GE Healthcare Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye, Millennium VG, VG Hawkeye and VariCam Nuclear Medicine systems
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare