OEC 9800, fluoroscopic x-ray system
- Company
- Ge Oec Medical Systems, Inc
- Recall Initiated
- July 22, 2016
- Terminated
- December 19, 2016
- Recall Number
- Z-2629-2016
- Quantity
- 47 total
- Firm Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
Reason for Recall
A firmware issue in the supplied LCD workstation monitor(s). Under some circumstances, the monitor(s) may appear dark with no video displayed.
Distribution
Distribution US nationwide and Korea.
Lot / Code Info
monitor part numbers: 5448359-01, 5459219-01, or 5475662-03:89-3853, 82-1593, 8S-1935, 89-3356, 89-1323, 8S-2885, 82-0700, 8S-1708, 82-0420, 82-1998, 8S-2027, 82-7101-MH, 8S-2670, P6-0375-L, 8S-1614, 89-0846, 82-0576, 82-3256, 8S-2202, 89-0711,89-1927, 89-1453, 82-1504, 82-0794, 82-3494, 8S-3125, 8S-1845-RC, 89-3725, 8S-1592, 89-3129,82-1182, 82-0986, 8S-0199, 8S-3613, 82-3748, 82-2335, 8S-2889, 82-0596, 89-3020, 82-1515, 8S-0645, 8S-3614, 82-3925, 89-0416, 89-1363, 82-3258, 8S-0347
Root Cause
Software design (manufacturing process)
Action Taken
On July 22, 2016 GE Healthcare Surgery began distributing an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to customers via mail to inform them of the issue and provide instructions for immediate mitigation of the issue. The letter was sent to 3 titles at each facility affected: 1.) Facility Administrator, 2.) Director/Manager of Radiology and Radiologists, 3.) Radiology Department. Consignees instructured that local GE Healthcare Field Engineer will contact them to coordinate replacement of the affected monitor(s), and will ensure that system meets specifications.