FDA Recall Terminated

Giraffe OmniBed and Giraffe Incubator p/n 6600-0723-700 (rev A and B) labeled in part: ***GE Healthcare 8880 Gorman Road Laurel, MD 20723 U.S.A. www.gehealthcare.com***. GE Healthcare Giraffe Omnibed is a combination of an infant incubator and an infant warmer.

Recall: Z-1051-2013 · Initiated January 8, 2013

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1051-2013
Event Number
64189
Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
FEI Number
2126677
Product Code
FMZ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process control
Initiated
January 8, 2013
Posted
April 5, 2013
Terminated
July 10, 2013
Address
3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, WI, 53188-1615

Description

Giraffe OmniBed and Giraffe Incubator p/n 6600-0723-700 (rev A and B) labeled in part: ***GE Healthcare 8880 Gorman Road Laurel, MD 20723 U.S.A. www.gehealthcare.com***. GE Healthcare Giraffe Omnibed is a combination of an infant incubator and an infant warmer.

Reason

Neonatal beds and incubator display boards may randomly overwrite stored information and radiant heater and oxygen set points upon power up or recovery from a power failure.

Action

GE Healthcare sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter, dated January 8, 2013. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were given the safety issue and instructions for continued use of the Giraffe OmniBed and Incubators, as well as given the affected product details. GE Healthcare will correct all affected Giraffe Incubators and Giraffe OmniBeds at no cost, and will contact customers to arrange for this correction. If customers have any questions or concerns regarding this notification, please call: United States: 1-800-345-2700. For other countries, please contact your local GE Healthcare Service Representative.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution -- USA in the states of AR ,CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, NV, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV, and the countries of Arab Emirates, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech., Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy ,Korea, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Poland, Russia, San Salvador, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, and United Kingdom.

Quantity

679 units