Events

Recall of GE Anaesthesia Work Stations

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Datex-Ohmeda 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
    19985
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-04-08
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: GE Healthcare Limited, 8 Tangihua Street, Auckland 1010
  • Reason
    Manufacturer has recently become aware of a potential safety issue with the optional vacuum suction function of certain aisys family of anaesthesia products. the vacuum suction tubing could be kinked within the machine resulting in suction less than the 20 lpm required by iso 10079-3. if this issue is left unresolved, it could result in inadequate suction performance to clear the airway and inadequate ventilation of the patient. there have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

GE Anaesthesia Work Stations
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Multiple serial numbers
  • Manufacturer
    Datex-Ohmeda Inc

Manufacturer

Datex-Ohmeda Inc