FDA Recall Terminated

Philips Efficia CMS200 Central Monitoring System; 863352 The Efficia CMS200 central monitoring system is intended for use by healthcare professionals for central viewing of physiologic waves, parameters, and trends from other networked medical devices (patient monitors and vital signs monitors) for multiple patients. It provides secondary operator notification of alarms from other networked medical devices. It provides for the retrospective review of alarm conditions, physiologic waves and parameters from multiple patients. The intended use of the printer, when present, is to provide hardcopy text, graphics, and wave data. The Efficia CMS200 may provide for connection and information exchange to external systems. The Efficia CMS200 is intended for use in hospitals and out of hospital patient care settings (such as clinics, outpatient surgery facilities, long-term care facilities and physician offices) in which care is administered by healthcare professionals

Recall: Z-1229-2017 · Initiated January 17, 2017

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1229-2017
Event Number
76274
Firm
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
FEI Number
1218950
Product Code
MHX
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Unknown/Undetermined by firm
Initiated
January 17, 2017
Terminated
October 10, 2019
Address
3000 Minuteman Rd, Andover, MA, 01810-1032

Description

Philips Efficia CMS200 Central Monitoring System; 863352 The Efficia CMS200 central monitoring system is intended for use by healthcare professionals for central viewing of physiologic waves, parameters, and trends from other networked medical devices (patient monitors and vital signs monitors) for multiple patients. It provides secondary operator notification of alarms from other networked medical devices. It provides for the retrospective review of alarm conditions, physiologic waves and parameters from multiple patients. The intended use of the printer, when present, is to provide hardcopy text, graphics, and wave data. The Efficia CMS200 may provide for connection and information exchange to external systems. The Efficia CMS200 is intended for use in hospitals and out of hospital patient care settings (such as clinics, outpatient surgery facilities, long-term care facilities and physician offices) in which care is administered by healthcare professionals

Reason

The monitor may not alarm appropriately for a pediatric or neonatal patient.

Action

Philips sent each known affected customer an Urgent Medical Device Correction Notification/Field Safety Notice dated December 2016 to inform customers of the issue, identifies details of the units affected, gives instructions on actions to be taken by the customer and identifies what action Philips plans to take to remedy the issue. The correction will consist of providing a replacement MRx unit, free of charge, for all units affected by this issue. When the replacement unit arrives, please use the return shipping label and packaging provided with the replacement MRx unit to return the affected unit to Philips. Philips is asking customers to follow the Action to be Taken by Customer/User section of the Urgent Medical Device Correction notification/Field Safety Notice: Option A: For any neonatal or pediatric patient, if the bedside monitor (without CO2) is connected to CMS200, do not place the bedside monitor in Standby when the patient is transported to a procedure. This will allow the alarms limits to work properly. Contact your service provider to determine the settings of your system and change if necessary. Option B: For any neonatal or pediatric patient, if the bedside monitor (without CO2) connected to CMS200 is placed in Standby when the patient is transported to a procedure. When the same patient returns to unit and is placed back on monitor, take the following steps: If clinician need disable or change alarm limit at CMS200 side, he/she need to discharge this patient at CMS200 side first, and admit same patient ID again. (Reference: Instruction for Use, Document Number 4535 645 61281, Page 89 of 199, section: Discharging a patient) This will allow the alarms limits to work properly. Contact your service provider to determine the settings of your system and change if necessary. For questions regarding this recall call 978-659-3000.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution including Austria Bangladesh Bulgaria Chile France Germany Hong Kong India Ireland Israel Italy Korea, Republic of Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Poland Portugal Saudi Arabia Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania

Quantity

156 devices, there is no US distribution