FDA Recall Terminated

Merge PACS software. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare.

Recall: Z-1431-2017 · Initiated April 4, 2016

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1431-2017
Event Number
76594
Firm
Merge Healthcare, Inc.
FEI Number
1000116130
Product Code
LLZ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Software design
Initiated
April 4, 2016
Terminated
April 23, 2021
Address
900 Walnut Ridge Dr, Hartland, WI, 53029-8347

Description

Merge PACS software. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare.

Reason

Studies that have QC, PDE, or HL7 ADT updates applied may fail to propagate via telmed protocol to the destination server and may fail to import on the destination server.

Action

Merge sent an Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter dated March 28, 2016, to all affected customers via email the week of April 4, 2016. If no email address was available, the letters were issued via certified mail. A letter dated February 21, 2017 , was issued was also issued via email or certified mail. The letter notifies the customer of the issue, informs them not receiving updated demographics or image content may result in delay in diagnosis or treatment of the patient or misdiagnosis, and they should be aware of the workaround. The customer is also notified a fix is not yet available, however, the recalling firm is working on correcting the issue and will inform them once a fix is made available. The notification instructs the customer to pass the information onto all other users, as well as any downstream customers if it was further distributed. The notification also informs the customer their response is required using the enclosed form and the return addressed envelope. The response form asks, in part, if they understand the workaround and are they interested in accepting the fix. If they decline the fix, they are asked to provide the reason why. The response was required no later than April 18, 2016. A second letter was issued dated February 21, 2017,via email or certified mail if no email address was available. The letter notified customers a fix was now available and also contained the same information and response form as the first letter. The letter informed the customer a response was required 15 calendar days after receipt of the letter. The recalling firm reported emails will be tracked for delivery confirmation and the letters will be tracked for delivery by USPS certified services. For further questions, please call (877) 741-5369.

Distribution

USA (nationwide ) Distribution was made to medical facilities. Internationally to Canada. There was no government or military distribution.

Quantity

248 sites potentially have the affected versions