Events

Recall of Dash 3000/4000/5000 Patient Monitor

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by GE Healthcare, LLC.

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
    66016
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2115-2013
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-04-03
  • Event Date Posted
    2013-08-28
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2016-07-25
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=121249
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Monitor, physiological, patient(with arrhythmia detection or alarms) - Product Code MHX
  • Reason
    Ge healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to intermittent noise on ecg and/or respiration waveforms associated with movement of the ecg connector on your dash, pdm, and/or tram module. ecg and respiration signal noise caused by dash, pdm, and/or tram ecg cable connector movement may result in reduced ecg, respiration and arrhythmia detection performance.
  • Action
    GE Healthcare "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated April 3, 2013 to all affected customers. The letter was addressed to Healthcare Administrator / Risk manger, Chief of Nursing and Director of Biomedical Engineering. The letter described the Safety Issue, Product, Safety Instructions, Affected Product Details, and Product Correction. For questions contact Technical Support at 1-800-558-7044.

Device

Dash 3000/4000/5000 Patient Monitor
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including DC and PR except ND and the countries of: ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, CHANA, GREECE, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAQ, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYA, LITHUANIA, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORWAY, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAK IA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNSIA, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, BOLIVIA, HONG KONG, JAMAICA, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA, TRINIDAD TOBAGO, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA.
  • Product Description
    GE Healthcare, Dash 3000, Dash 4000 and Dash 5000. || Product Usage: The intended use of the system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric and neonatal patients.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare, LLC

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare, LLC
  • Manufacturer Address
    GE Healthcare, LLC, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    General Electric Company
  • Source
    USFDA