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Z-3036-2011

Product is the Ultraview Spacelabs Compact monitor, models 91367, 91369, and 91370, with touch screen display...

GE Healthcare / initiated 2010-09-17 / Terminated / root cause: software
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Spacelabs Healthcare, Llc began a recall of Product is the Ultraview Spacelabs Compact monitor, models 91367, 91369, and 91370, with touch screen display and wireless option. Product Usage: Spacelabs... on . The reason FDA records is "Monitor may reset repeatedly which can result in a loss of patient monitoring for several minutes. Cause is a software problem". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-3036-2011
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Product
Product is the Ultraview Spacelabs Compact monitor, models 91367, 91369, and 91370, with touch screen display and wireless option. Product Usage: Spacelabs Medical PCIS patient monitors passively display data generated from Spacelabs Medical patient parameter modules, Flexport interfaces, gas analyzers, and other SDLC based products. Spacelabs Medical PCIS patient monitors may also function as a generic display or computer terminal. As a generic display or terminal, the PCIS patient monitors allow network based applications to open windows and display information on other networked monitors. PCIS patient monitors is intended to sound various alarm tones that are generated by the specific PCIS patient parameter modules. Each patient parameter module determines (a) when an alarm condition is violated; (b) the alarm priority (i.e. high, medium or low); (c) alarm limits; and (d) when to generate and terminate alarms. PCIS patient monitors are also capable of displaying alarm conditions on other monitors that are on the network through the Alarm Watch feature. Spacelabs Medical PCIS patient monitors are designed to communicate with a variety of external devices such as display devices, network devices, serial devices, user input devices, audio system, local/remote recorders and Spacelabs Medical patient parameter modules. In all applications, Spacelabs Medical PCIS patient monitors provide access to that data on the Spacelabs Medical network either via hardwired or wireless transmission.. Through this network, a patients data may be displayed at the bedside monitor, central station or a clinical information system.
Product code
MHX Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms)
Reason for recall
Monitor may reset repeatedly which can result in a loss of patient monitoring for several minutes. Cause is a software problem.
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
Spacelabs Medical sent an "URGENT - MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" notification letter to U.S. consignees by mail on September 17, 2010 and to international consignees by e-mail on September 24, 2010. The letter identified the recalled product, warns customers of the potential hazard and identifies some ways to mitigate the risk if they decide to continue use. The letter states to correct this situation, the recalling firm Field Service Engineers will be contact customers to schedule a time to install a free software update. If customers have any questions about this corrective action program, please contact Spacelabs Medical at 1-800-522-7025 and select 2 for Technical Support, or outside the United States 1-425-657-7200 x5089.
Quantity in commerce
579 total (517 to US acc'ts; 62 to international acct's.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of: International distribution to: Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Product codes and lots
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