FDA recall record

GE Healthcare Centricity PACS-IW, software versions V3.7.x through 3.7.3.9 SP3 recall — FDA Z-0138-2024

GE HealthCare has become aware of an issue where images from two different patients may be contained in a single study, when stored in Centricity PACS-IW…

Class IIclassification
Z-0138-2024official record ID
Nov 1, 2023report date

Recall record at a glance

Official recordZ-0138-2024
CategoryMedical Device Recalls
ClassificationClass II
FDA record statusOngoing
Recalling firmGE Healthcare
Report dateNov 1, 2023
Recall initiation dateSep 14, 2023
Quantity149 units
LocationChicago, IL, United States

Official product description

Centricity PACS-IW, software versions V3.7.x through 3.7.3.9 SP3; Radiological Image Processing System

Why the product was recalled

GE HealthCare has become aware of an issue where images from two different patients may be contained in a single study, when stored in Centricity PACS-IW V3.7.x, Centricity PACS-IW with Universal Viewer V5.0 and Centricity Universal Viewer V6.0 with PACS-IW foundation.

Distribution information

US and Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam

How to read the classification

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Additional record details

Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated. Initial notification: Letter.

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