Z-1788-2013Class I

GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices

Name: Z-1788-2013 GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices
Creator: GE Healthcare, LLC
Published: 2013-06-13
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

GE Healthcare / initiated 2013-06-13 / Terminated / root cause: design

FDA source

GE Healthcare, LLC began a recall of GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices Product Usage: The intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures... on 2013-06-13. FDA classified it as Class I and gives the reason as "GE became aware of an incident at a VA Medical Center facility in the US in which a patient died due to injuries sustained while being scanned on an Infinia Hawkeye 4 Nuclear Medicine System". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-1788-2013
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2013-06-13
Posted: 2013-07-24
Terminated: 2014-06-19
Recalling firm: GE Healthcare
Product: GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices Product Usage: The intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition typed and optional imaging features designed to enhance image quality in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology and other clinical diagnostic imaging applications. The scanning modes include planar (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic, Whole body scanning) and tomographic (SPECT, Gated SPECT, Whole body SPECT, Camera based PET). Acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/multi-peak frame/list mode single-photon and positron imaging. Optional imaging-enhancement features include assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, real-time automatic body contouring, and CT-based attenuation correction and functional anatomic mapping.
Product code: KPS System, Tomography, Computed, Emission
Reason for recall: GE became aware of an incident at a VA Medical Center facility in the US in which a patient died due to injuries sustained while being scanned on an Infinia Hawkeye 4 Nuclear Medicine System.
Root cause tag: design
FDA root cause: Device Design
Action: GE sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated June 17, 2013 to all affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, recommended that qualified service personnel maintain the equipment and that Preventative Maintenance procedures are executed according to labeling. Also the Safety Chapter Sections should be re-reviewed with personnel to ensure proper operation of the equipment. GE notified customers again on July 03, 2013, via Urgent Medical Device Recall letter (including confirmation of delivery for US customers) and follow-up telephone call. Customers were instructed to cease using the affected system until GE Healthcare Field Engineer can complete an inspection of the system and perform any necessary repairs at no cost. A GE Healthcare representative will contact the hospitals to arrange for the inspection.
Quantity in commerce: 571
Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide including Guam, Puerto Rico and the countries of : Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam.
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Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line

FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-1788-2013
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-1787-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1788-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1789-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1790-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1791-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1792-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23
Z-1793-2013	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2013-07-31	2013-07-23

Product code KPS

K953801Class IIVaricamElscint, Inc. / cleared 1995-11-22

MDM coverage of this record lists here, newest first.

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Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-10-14, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)