Company: GE Healthcare
Date of Enforcement Report: 9/17/2014
Class lI:
PRODUCT
CARESCAPE Respiratory Modules E-sCO, E-sCOV, E-sCAiO, E-sCAiOV, E-sCAiOE, E-sCAiOVE; the Airway Gas Option N-CAiO and respective service exchange units. The affected modules could be in use with any of the following GE host devices: -CARESCAPE respiratory modules with CARESCAPE Monitors B850, B650 and B450, S/5 modular monitors, Avance CS2 and Aisys CS2 Anesthesia Carestations, B40 Patient Monitor -Airway Gas Option N-CAiO modules with B40 Patient Monitor. Recall Number Z-2617-2014
REASON
GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to a failure of an O2 sensor component associated with the CARESCAPE respiratory modules, the Airway Gas Option and their respective service exchange units.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI on 8/8/2014 Voluntary: Firm Initiated recall is ongoing
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
748 (307 units US, 441 units OUS)
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally
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