Other Medical Devices

The Atlan anesthesia workstation either indicated a failure of the piston ventilator before use or suffered a failure of the mechanical ventilation during use.

Mobile x-ray system can report and deliver a lower post-exposure mAs value than what set by the operator.

Potential safety issues in Allura Xper R7.6- R8.1 systems where the Lifetime Extension (LTE) kit is not installed in a timely manner. Root cause is under investigation, but the recall reason is listed as for systems over 10 years of life with LTE kits are experiencing propeller motor clamping bolt and x-ray tube locking bolt breaks. If this happens, it may cause erratic C-arm movements and potential collision with patients or bystanders, or detection of a false collisions and subsequent blocked movement of the c-arm. Movement may also cause image noise and black area on the x-ray image, and possible need to expose the patient to additional unnecessary radiation during re-examination.

Shots were terminated by the mAs integrator; however, the 4 ms exposure time did not allow enough tolerance to achieve diagnostic exposures due to variations in hardware and how different timers are started.

During internal testing it was found that if the system is Ready to expose and the hand switch is then dropped into the stowage unit such that it lands on the prep/expose switch, the prep switch can be activated for a very short time such that the orange ring of death is displayed in the tube cooling area of the screen. The system then becomes unresponsive to kV/mAs changes, prep/expose presses. The only way to proceed is to suspend the patient, Exit Nexus DR and relogin and continue the exam.

Due to a software issue, automated dispensing cabinet devices may open the wrong cubie pocket or position, which can lead to: 1) Unintended and incorrect medication removal, or 2) Potential for a different medication (medication pulled in error) to be refilled/loaded, which may lead to may lead to low inventory or a stockout.

Isolation Gowns were manufactured with raw materials that may fail the hydrostatic pressure specification and therefore would not comply with AAMI (The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Level 3 protection requirements.

Due to a software issue, automated dispensing cabinet devices may open the wrong cubie pocket or position, which can lead to: 1) Unintended and incorrect medication removal, or 2) Potential for a different medication (medication pulled in error) to be refilled/loaded, which may lead to may lead to low inventory or a stockout.

Isolation Gowns were manufactured with raw materials that may fail the hydrostatic pressure specification and therefore would not comply with AAMI (The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Level 3 protection requirements.

Not all biopsy tools meant to fit bronchoscope channel (2.1mm inner diameter/length greater or equal to 1100mm) will pass through if scope channel positioned in sharp bend (approx. greater than 100-deg.), excessive force may result in tissue injury/pneumothorax; instruments with long rigid distal sections may exhibit insertion resistance when bronchoscope bending section significantly articulated.

Due to a software issue, automated dispensing cabinet devices may open the wrong cubie pocket or position, which can lead to: 1) Unintended and incorrect medication removal, or 2) Potential for a different medication (medication pulled in error) to be refilled/loaded, which may lead to may lead to low inventory or a stockout.

Customer complaints were received alleging leaking devices and insufficient buffer volume. Diasorin's internal investigation determined that 0.14% of the LIAISON Q.S.E.T. Device Plus in the lots identified have loose clear caps, which may allow buffer to leak from the tube. A stool sample prepared with less than the correct amount of buffer may result an incorrectly high patient result.

A lot of ReNew Microscissor Tips exhibited a 2% rate of failure in terms of the heat shrink breaking off.

Medline is recalling medical convenience manufactured using certain lots of SafeAir Smoke Evacuation Pencil which were subsequently recalled by Stryker.

Medline is recalling medical convenience manufactured using certain lots of SafeAir Smoke Evacuation Pencil which were subsequently recalled by Stryker.

Medline is recalling medical convenience manufactured using certain lots of SafeAir Smoke Evacuation Pencil which were subsequently recalled by Stryker.

Medline is recalling medical convenience manufactured using certain lots of SafeAir Smoke Evacuation Pencil which were subsequently recalled by Stryker.

GE HealthCare has become aware of a potential issue on certain Discovery, Optima, Revolution series CT systems, and certain operator console upgrades that can result in rotated CT images. Particularly with helical, cine, and cardiac (if applicable) scan modes, after the first image of an exam, each subsequent image can be rotated by an increasing amount. The amount of progressive image rotation is dependent on the gantry speed and the duration of the scan. The final image in the exam can be rotated up to a maximum of ~56 degrees. The entire anatomy rotates as a whole by equal degrees, without distortion, and the anatomical positioning and z-axis of the images remains correct. Small degrees of image rotation might not be noticed. If image rotation is noticed and necessitates a rescan of the patient, the same image rotation will reoccur.

GE HealthCare has become aware of a potential issue on certain Discovery, Optima, Revolution series CT systems, and certain operator console upgrades that can result in rotated CT images. Particularly with helical, cine, and cardiac (if applicable) scan modes, after the first image of an exam, each subsequent image can be rotated by an increasing amount. The amount of progressive image rotation is dependent on the gantry speed and the duration of the scan. The final image in the exam can be rotated up to a maximum of ~56 degrees. The entire anatomy rotates as a whole by equal degrees, without distortion, and the anatomical positioning and z-axis of the images remains correct. Small degrees of image rotation might not be noticed. If image rotation is noticed and necessitates a rescan of the patient, the same image rotation will reoccur.

GE HealthCare has become aware of a potential issue on certain Discovery, Optima, Revolution series CT systems, and certain operator console upgrades that can result in rotated CT images. Particularly with helical, cine, and cardiac (if applicable) scan modes, after the first image of an exam, each subsequent image can be rotated by an increasing amount. The amount of progressive image rotation is dependent on the gantry speed and the duration of the scan. The final image in the exam can be rotated up to a maximum of ~56 degrees. The entire anatomy rotates as a whole by equal degrees, without distortion, and the anatomical positioning and z-axis of the images remains correct. Small degrees of image rotation might not be noticed. If image rotation is noticed and necessitates a rescan of the patient, the same image rotation will reoccur.