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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.

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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 061 06 12 000
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-06-12
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=1919
  • 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
    (1) spo2 saturation limit alarm does not always activate when nellcor spo2 is used in pdm and saturation seconds is not switched on. (2) when the carescape monitor b650 is connected to the unity id and information from a 3-lead ecg cable is transferred through dri (s/5) network, the monitor may reboot (find attached file for more reasons).

Device

Monitor, CARESCAPETM Monitor B650
  • Model / Serial
    CARESCAPETM Monitor B650
  • Product Description
    Monitor
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare