FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CENTRICITY RA1000

MDR report key: 1143715 · Received August 29, 2008

Report

Report Number
3004526608-2008-00043
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 29, 2008
Date of Event
September 18, 2007
Report Date
September 18, 2007
Manufacturer
GE HEALTHCARE INTEGRATED IT SOLUTIONS
Product Code
LLZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS MDR IS BEING SUBMITTED LATE, AS THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED DURING A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF COMPLAINT FILES. THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING COMPLETED AS PART OF A CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN PURSUANT TO AN FDA INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT IN APRIL 2008. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE FOR THIS PRODUCT. THE SOFTWARE WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSFERRING THE IMAGES TO THE TDK CD BURNER CAUSED TO IMAGES TO REVERT TO THEIR ORIGINAL ORIENTATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS OPERATED ON THE WRONG SIDE, AFTER CT SINUS IMAGES WERE SENT FROM CT TO THE PACS TO THE TDK CD BURNER. THE SINUS IMAGES WERE ACQUIRED WITH THE PATIENT IN A PRONE POSITION, AND A SAVE STATE IS MADE ON THE CT SCANNER. THE IMAGES DISPLAY AS DESIRED ON PACS AS DEFAULT DISPLAY PROTOCOLS ARE CONFIGURED TO FLIP THE IMAGES. THE CUSTOMER THEN SENDS THE IMAGES FROM PACS TO THE CD BURNER WHERE THE IMAGE REVERTED TO ITS ORIGINAL ORIENTATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CENTRICITY RA1000 RA1000 LLZ GE HEALTHCARE INTEGRATED IT SOLUTIONS RA1000 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization TDK CD BURNER