Terminated

GE Datex-Ohmeda Advance Anesthesia Gas-Machine.

FDA Recall Z-1426-2009 · Posted 2009-06-23

Recalling FirmGE Healthcare

Recall StatusTerminated

Product CodeBSZ

Date Initiated2009-02-05

Date Terminated2011-12-10

Product Quantity6243

Reason for Recall

Unintended shut-down: The anesthesia machine may start shutting down without human intervention due to a faulty On/Standby Switch. Prior to shutdown, the system will issue an alarm and play a message that shutdown will occur in 8 seconds. The failure only affects the electrical portion of the switch. If the clinician does not intervene, the patient could experience hypoventilation leading to h

Firm Action

GE Healthcare contacted consignees via two "Urgent Medical device Correction" letters dated February 5, 2009 and March 10, 2009. The letters are addressed to 3 titles within the affected accounts; Healthcare Administrator/Risk Manger, Chief of Intensive Care and Director of Biomedical Engineering. The letters describes the Safety Issue, Affected Product details, Safety Instructions, Product Correction and Contact Information. The second letter dated March 10, 2009 includes 700 serial numbers that were missing from the first letter. The second letter was only mailed to the consignees of the additional 700 units.

Root Cause

Component design/selection

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide distribution: USA, Canada, Mexico, YEMEN, VENEZUELA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UKRAINE, TUrKEY, TUNISIA, THAILAND, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, SINGAPORE, SERBIA, SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA, QATAR, PORTUGAL, POLAND, PERU, PANAMA, PAKISTAN, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, MOROCCO, MALAYSIA, MACEDONIA, LITHUANIA, LIBYA, LEBANON, LATVIA, KUWAIT, KOREA, KENYA, JORDAN, JAPAN, ITALY, ISRAEL, IRELAND, INDIA, HUNGARY, HONG KONG, GREECE, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, ESTONIA, EGYPT, DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, CROATIA, COLoMBIA, CHINA, CHILE, BRAZIL, BELGIUM, BAHRAIN, AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA, ARGENTINA.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K081844GE DATEX-OHMEDA AVANCEDatex-Ohmeda, Inc. · 2008-08-29

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.