FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

The Centricity Laboratory System is intended to be an information system designed to support the clinical and administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services and facilities, e.g., the storing and delivering of analytical results. It is a specially designed data program application (software), which is supplied for installation in existing mainframe or decentralized computers or a computer network. This software system will not be the software directly used to run, steer, or control any specific laboratory analyzer or equipment. It is intended for use in laboratory facilities, including a central laboratory or in a multiple laboratory environment servicing satellite laboratories, reference laboratories, clinics, etc. Centricity Laboratory System is not intended for direct patient contact.

Recall: Z-1585-2013 · Reported July 3, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1585-2013
Event ID
64789
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
GE Healthcare It
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
July 3, 2013
Initiation Date
November 20, 2012
Classification Date
June 24, 2013
Termination Date
June 10, 2016
Address
540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington, IL, 60010-3051, United States

Description

The Centricity Laboratory System is intended to be an information system designed to support the clinical and administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services and facilities, e.g., the storing and delivering of analytical results. It is a specially designed data program application (software), which is supplied for installation in existing mainframe or decentralized computers or a computer network. This software system will not be the software directly used to run, steer, or control any specific laboratory analyzer or equipment. It is intended for use in laboratory facilities, including a central laboratory or in a multiple laboratory environment servicing satellite laboratories, reference laboratories, clinics, etc. Centricity Laboratory System is not intended for direct patient contact.

Reason

If environment variables MICRO_CORRECT_MSG_TYPE and CORRECT_MSG_TYPE are set to different values, in Microbiology result entry when released results (Final Report released) are changed and the Corrected Result messages are edited on the free-text form, some of the originally entered panel free-text is lost. For this issue to occur the original result must be amended and the environmental variabl

Code Info

Software Versions 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution including the states of OH, NY, GA, TX, TN and MN and the countries of Australia, Qatar and England

Quantity

9 Units