Z-0540-2020Class I

Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer

Name: Z-0540-2020 Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer
Creator: GE Healthcare, LLC
Published: 2019-10-11
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

GE Healthcare / initiated 2019-10-11 / Terminated / root cause: design

FDA source

GE Healthcare, LLC began a recall of Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer on 2019-10-11. FDA classified it as Class I and gives the reason as "Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed, Giraffe Incubator Carestation, and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation Bedside panels and portholes can appear closed without being latched. Potential patient fall". 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-0540-2020
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2019-10-11
Posted: 2019-12-03
Terminated: 2024-08-15
Recalling firm: GE Healthcare
Product: Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer
Product code: FMT Warmer, Infant Radiant
Reason for recall: Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed, Giraffe Incubator Carestation, and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation Bedside panels and portholes can appear closed without being latched. Potential patient fall.
Root cause tag: design
FDA root cause: Device Design
Action: The firm disseminated its notices by letter beginning on 10/11/2019. The notices identified the following safety issues: - The bedside panels of Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed, Giraffe Incubator Carestation, and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation can be upright and look closed but not be latched. - The portholes also can look closed when not latched. - If a canopy cover is used, it can hold the bedside panel or porthole door closed without being latched. The product may continue to be used following specific safety instructions outlined in the notice. On/about 11/8/2019, the firm issued an "Amended - Urgent Medical Device Recall" letter that supplemented the previous notification to provide additional safety instructions and materials (poster regarding risk of patient fall, user manual addendum, and labeling, including safety labels). Update 6/3/2021: In the event a new consignee was identified, GE Healthcare has sent the original letter.
Quantity in commerce: 3467 units
Distribution: worldwide
Product codes and lots: Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Model Numbers:2082844-002-XXXXXX Updated 6/3/2021 - All model numbers and units are affected.

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line

FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-0540-2020
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-0538-2020	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2019-12-11	2019-12-03
Z-0539-2020	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2019-12-11	2019-12-03
Z-0540-2020	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2019-12-11	2019-12-03
Z-0541-2020	Class I	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2019-12-11	2019-12-03

Product code FMT

K152809Class IIGiraffe Incubator Carestation CS1Ohmeda Medical, A Division of Datex-Ohmeda, Inc. / cleared 2015-12-31

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About this record

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 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)