Terminated

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FDA Recall Z-2872-2018 · Posted None

Recalling FirmGE Healthcare Japan Corporation

Recall StatusTerminated

Product CodeJAK

Date Initiated2018-04-27

Date Terminated2020-08-21

Product Quantity4,007 devices total (products 1, 2, 3)

Reason for Recall

GE Healthcare has identified that some CT systems may have a damaged cable that can expose 120VAC to Service Engineers working inside the gantry.

Firm Action

The firm, GE Healthcare, sent an " URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter dated 4/27/2018 to its Customers on about 04/27/2018. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were Instructed to: download and provide the updated Service Manual to the organization that services the equipment on site and informed customers that GE Healthcare would be correcting all affected devices at no cost. Questions or concerns can be directed to GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or the local Sales Representative. GE Healthcare expanded the recall to include an additional product and model number. Customers were notified on about 08/09/2018 via URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letter. Instructions were the same as the original notification.

Root Cause

Employee error

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) distribution to states of: AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY; and countries of:: ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CAMEROON, Canada, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, Cote D'Ivoire, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, French Guiana, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, Hong Kong, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, Korea (Republic of), KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYA, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, Mali, MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW , ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, Palestine, PANAMA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, REUNION, ROMANIA, Russia, RWANDA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, and YEMEN.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K082816GE BRIGHTSPEED DELIGHT CT SCANNER SYSTEMGe Medical Systems, LLC · 2008-10-08

Official Source

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