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According to Saudi Food & Drug Authority, this translation missing: en.activerecord.attributes.event.types.recall_field_safety_notice involved a device in Saudi Arabia that was produced by GE Healthcare.

What is this?

Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall / Field Safety Notice
  • Event ID
    mdprc 040 08 15 002
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-27
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=8297
  • Notes / Alerts
    Saudi data is current through January 2019. All of the data comes from the Saudi Food & Drug 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 Saudi Arabia.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Report Source: NCMDR
    SFDA urges all hospitals that have devices subjected to recall, to contact the company.
  • Reason
    When a system parameter “maproute” is set to a value greater than 1, it is possible that not all images in an exam are processed and potentially one or more images may be missing from exams. there have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue. .................................. hpra update action : attention should be given to prior cases, acquired before this parameter was corrected, as they may be affected by the safety issue.

Device

Centricity PACS IW with Universal Viewer Version 5.0 and Centricity Universal Viewer Version 6.0 ...
  • Model / Serial
    Centricity PACS IW with Universal Viewer versions 5.0 through 5.0 SP7 and Centricity Universal Viewer version 6.0 ................... NCMDR update code: Centricity PACS-IW versions 3.5.0 through 3.7.3.9 SP2, 3.7.3 SPA10 and 4.0.1.
  • Product Description
    Imaging device
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare