Events

Recall of Device Recall IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Healthcare 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
    59297
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-3111-2011
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-07-08
  • Event Date Posted
    2011-08-31
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=102145
  • 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
    Display, cathode-ray tube, medical - Product Code DXJ
  • Reason
    Under certain circumstances, edits to an order can result in unintended scheduled interventions on the intellivue clinical information portfolio. a patient may receive interventions or additional medication doses that are not intended.
  • Action
    Philips Healthcare sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter dated July 2011 to all affected customers. The letter describes the product, problem, and the actions to be taken by the customers. Customers are asked to follow the guidelines in the "Action to be taken by Customer/User" section of the Urgent Medical Device Correction Notice. Philips has developed a software upgrade to address this problem in the short term. This upgrade will be available immediately. This software upgrade will be performed by Philips service personnel. While customers await the correction of their devices, customers are instructed to follow the instructions for use for the device, which includes the directions to: 1. Always use the medication administration record (MAR) in determining patient care. 2. Always review orders and pending administrations in the administration record after any changes to an order are stored. For the longer term, Philips is developing safeguards intended to minimize the potential for similar errors resulting from order changes and upgrade to be available in September 2011. If you need any further information or support concerning this issue, please contact your local Philips representative.

Device

Device Recall IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio
  • Model / Serial
    Software version: D.03, E.0, or E.01 of the software
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY HONG KONG, IRELAND, ITALY, KENYA, LATVIA, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA, THAILAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and UNITED KINGDOM.
  • Product Description
    Philips Medical: || 865047 IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio Release D.03 || 865209 IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio Release E.00 and E.01 || 865300 IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio NICU Link || Intended for use in data collection, storage, and management with independent bedside devices, and ancillary systems that are connected either directly or through networks. It is indicated for use by healthcare providers whenever there is a need for generation of a patient record and computation of drug dosage.
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Healthcare Inc.

Manufacturer

Philips Healthcare Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Healthcare Inc., 3000 Minuteman Road, Andover MA 01810
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    USFDA