Aespire 100. This anesthesia gas machine is intended to provide general inhalation anesthesia and ventilatory support to patients and are to be used only by medical professionals trained and qualified in the administration of general anesthesia.
- Company
- Datex Ohmeda, Inc
- Recall Initiated
- July 12, 2024
- Posted
- October 18, 2024
- Recall Number
- Z-0075-2025
- Firm Location
- Madison, WI
Reason for Recall
Potential issue that may arise if the limb of a patient breathing circuit is mistakenly connected to the Auxiliary Common Gas Outlet (ACGO) port.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Aland Islands, ALBANIA, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, BAHAMAS, Bahrain, Bangladesh, BARBADOS, BELARUS, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, BONAIRE, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, CHINA, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, ETHIOPIA, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gilbrator, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, ICELAND, India, Indonesia, Iran, IRAQ, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, JAPAN, Jordan, Kazakhstan, KENYA, Korea (Republic Of), Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Laos, LATVIA, Lebanon, Libya, LITHUANIA, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, MAURITIUS, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, PAKISTAN, Palestine, State of, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, PUERTO RICO, Qatar, REUNION, ROMANIA, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, SINGAPORE, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, THAILAND, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, T¿rkiye, Uganda, UKRAINE, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, UZBEKISTAN, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.
Lot / Code Info
GTIN: 00840682102261
Root Cause
Device Design
Action Taken
GE Healthcare notified consignees on about 07/12/2024 via letter. Consignees were instructed to ensure all potential users complete the Preoperative Checkout procedure in its entirety, as detailed in the URM, make sure that the breathing circuit is correctly connected, only connect an auxiliary manual breathing circuit to the ACGO port, place the included addendum with the URM and inspect all potentially affected devices for the presence of covers applied to the ACGO Port and ACGO Switch. Additionally, customers were requested to complete and return the response form.