RecallDepth

Agfa HeartLab Cardiovascular DICOMstore Version 2.04.40.00 software, Heartlab, Inc., Westerly, Rhode Island 02891. The software is used in the Agfa HeartLab Cardiovascular System.

Company
Agfa Corp.
Recall Initiated
June 21, 2007
Posted
June 27, 2008
Terminated
August 4, 2008
Recall Number
Z-1241-2008
Quantity
43 units
Firm Location
Greenville, SC

Reason for Recall

MIsidentification: The electrocardiogram (ECG) data of one patient is misidentified as the data of another patient.

Distribution

Worldwide Distributution - USA, including states of AZ, CA, DC, FL, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MN, MS, OH, OK, OR, NH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WI, and country of Canada.

Lot / Code Info

DICOMstore, L9M8E, Software version: 2.04.40.00

Root Cause

Software design

Action Taken

On 6/21-26/2007, AGFA Healthcare notified, via telephone, the affected consignees of the situation. On 7/2/2007, affected consignees were sent, via registered mail, an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter instructing them to: a) remove the affected software DICOMstore 2.04.40.00 and replace it with the prior software version, DICOMstore 2.04.34.02; and b) review patient ECG reports to determine if any patients were actually affected and to notify the firm. AGFA Healthcare also provided a customer service contact number (877) 777-2432.

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