Reason: leaking pouches
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution.Reason: Medtronic has identified a labeling issue for 24 units of the Launcher coronary Guide Catheter. The two affected catheter lots are mislabeled and do not accurately reflect the catheters contained within each package.
Distributed: Internationally distributed: to countries of Germany and Poland.Reason: It has been confirmed from in-house testing that Direct Bilirubin (DBIL), and Total Bilirubin (TBIL) claimed in Thermo Scientific MAS Bilirubin Systems are displaying reduced stability.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution: US including the states of WI, UT, FL NY, PA, IL, CO, AZ and NJ.Reason: GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential issue due to inaccessible Operator Instructions associated with the defective Operator Manual CD of the Senographe Essential.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution including the states of NJ, CO, LA, AL, OH, MA, NC, ME, WI, GA, PA, TX, IN, NY, MO, KY, KS, CA, MN, FL and IL.Reason: The potential for a safety issue, for the image quality degradation, that is addressed by the Customer Safety Advisory Notice when verifying the patient position based on 2D images that were acquired as single-exposure MV or In-Line kView images using the syngo RT Therapist 4.3.
Distributed: Worldwide distributionReason: A number of MEDICYL-e Portable Oxygen Systems may have misapplied valve flow knobs.
Distributed: Nationwide distribution.Reason: WIth TouchTools 3.0 after the execution of a Rich User Prompt in Display and Wait mode, door lock errors are ignored. If an operator presses "Continue" following a Rich User Prompt and the door has been left open, the script will progress (continue without warning). This could lead to the instrument moving unexpectedly and potentially cause an injury to the operator if they are physically inside t
Distributed: Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: CA, KY, NC, OH, TX, and WI; and countries of: France, Germany and Italy.Reason: Hitachi discovered a software error that can occur when simultaneously scanning a patient while processing images previously acquired from a different patient. The software error can occur randomly. The error causes an image in the processed dataset to have the same unique identifier (UID) as in the scanning dataset. The processed image is stored in the place of the original image, which is lost.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide including the states of AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, NC, ND, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WI. One (1) system unit was also distributed to Mexico.Reason: Verathon GlideScope Reusable GVL and AVL Blades are being recalled due to the potential risk of premature failure/breakage of the blade tip that may not be readily visible during routine inspection before or after intubation.
Distributed: Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of : AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, Washington DC, Guam, and countries of : Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Japan, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Reason: The Synthes One-Third Tubular DCL Plate (11-Hole, 1/3 Tubular Plate w/Collar), was released to the United States market in error. This action is not being initiated as a result of adverse events.
Distributed: Nationwide distribution.