FDA Enforcement Class I Terminated

GE Healthcare - Giraffe and Panda Bag and Mask Resuscitation System;Giraffe Stand-alone Infant Resuscitation System. Product Usage: The Bag and Mask Resuscitation System provides the basic equipment required for pulmonary resuscitation of infants. Pulmonary resuscitation includes practices necessary to establish a clear airway and provide oxygen or air/oxygen mixtures and/or manual ventilation to the infant. These are clinical practices that represent the established standard of care.

Recall: Z-1071-2014 · Reported March 5, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1071-2014
Event ID
67004
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
March 5, 2014
Initiation Date
October 1, 2013
Classification Date
February 25, 2014
Termination Date
July 22, 2016
Address
3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, WI, 53188-1615, United States

Description

GE Healthcare - Giraffe and Panda Bag and Mask Resuscitation System;Giraffe Stand-alone Infant Resuscitation System. Product Usage: The Bag and Mask Resuscitation System provides the basic equipment required for pulmonary resuscitation of infants. Pulmonary resuscitation includes practices necessary to establish a clear airway and provide oxygen or air/oxygen mixtures and/or manual ventilation to the infant. These are clinical practices that represent the established standard of care.

Reason

Oxygen and air wall inlet fittings on the back panel of the resuscitation systems were reversed during assembly.

Code Info

QABS50026, QABR50066, QABR50068, QABR50133, QABS50023, QABR50102, QABR50103, QABR50064, QABR50065, QABR50067, QABS50070, QABS50069, QABR50275, QABS50027, QABR50274

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, 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, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; and the countries of Albania, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungry, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Turkey, United Arab, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

Quantity

12, 373 units total, 8,807 = US, 3,394 = OUS, 172 = unknown