Events

Recall of GE Healthcare Centricity PACS IW

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

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
    72212
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0023-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-16
  • Event Date Posted
    2015-10-05
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-01-05
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=140304
  • 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
    System, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
  • Reason
    Images may be missing when a system parameter maproute is set to a value greater than 1.
  • Action
    The firm, GE Healthcare, an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" by mail or hand delivered to all sites. The letter instructs the customer to ensure that all potential users in your facility are made aware of this safety notification and the recommended actions. Until GE Healthcare conducts remote inspection of the systems "MapRoute" parameter value. If the value is found to be greater than the recommended setting of 1, GE will reset this system parameter to a value of 1. The letter informs the user facilities not to make any changes to this parameter value. Additionally, until a product modification is available to correct this issue, the following actions are recommended. The firm is recommending user facilities to: 1. Utilize the image count within the QC process to alert the user of a discrepancy in the number of transmitted images from the modality to the number of images available in the PACS IW viewer. a. If a discrepancy is identified, attempt to retransmit the exam to PACS. b. If retransmission is unsuccessful, contact your GE Healthcare Service representative for assistance and instructions as to the impacted exam. Urgent cases impacted by this issue should be interpreted at the modality. 2. If DICOM storage commit is configured and in use, no commit notification is sent to the modality for images that were impacted by this issue. GE Healthcare will correct all affected systems by providing a software update at no cost to the user facilities. If the user facilities have questions, they are encouraged to communicate questions or concerns regarding this notification to GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or their local Service Representative.

Device

GE Healthcare Centricity PACS IW
  • Model / Serial
    GE Centricity PACS-IW versions 3.5.0 through 3.7.3.9 Sp2, 3.7.3 Spa10, and 4.0.1
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: AL AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, ON, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, and Puerto Rico; and countries of: Argentina , Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile , China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan,Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Panam¿, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
  • Product Description
    Centricity PACS IW by GE Healthcare Dynamic Imaging Solutions is a device that receives medical images (including mammograms) and data from various imaging sources. Images and data can be stored, communicated, processed and displayed within the system or across computer networks at distributed locations.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare
  • Manufacturer Address
    GE Healthcare, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington IL 60010-3051
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    General Electric Company
  • Source
    USFDA