Events

Recall of GE Patient Monitor Multiparameter

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by GE Medical Systems Information Technologies.

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
    15471
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-10-02
  • 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
    Ge healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to ecg filter settings associated with the b20/b40 v1, b30 and b40 v2 patient monitors. the b20, b30 and b40 patient monitors set the ecg filter setting incorrectly if the monitor starts with impedance respiration set in the on position. instead of the user selected filter, an additional 0.5 hz high pass filter is used. the additional 0.5 hz high pass filter causes changes to the ecg waveform morphology and incorrect display of st values. the st-elevation measurement can be under estimated in this situation and therefore the treatment of the patient can be delayed.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

GE Patient Monitor Multiparameter

Manufacturer

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies