FDA Recall Terminated

GE Healthcare, DASH 3000, 4000, 5000 Patient Monitors The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. The intended use of the system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric and neonatal patients. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is designed as a bedside, portable, and intra-hospital transport monitor that can operate in all professional medical facilities including but not limited to: emergency department, operating room, post anesthesia recovery, critical care, surgical intensive care, respiratory intensive care, coronary care, medical intensive care, pediatric intensive care, or neonatal intensive care areas located in hospitals, outpatient clinics, free-standing surgical centers, and other alternate care facilities. Physiologic data includes but is not restricted to: electrocardiogram, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, cardiac output, respiration, pulse oximetry, carbon dioxide, bi-spectral index, impedance cardiography, oxygen, and anesthetic agents as summarized in the operator's manual. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is also intended to provide physiologic data over the UNITY NETWORK TM indirectly to clinical information systems (via our Enterprise Gateway) and allow the user to access hospital data at the point-of-care. The information can be displayed, trended, stored, and printed. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor was developed to interface with nonproprietary third party peripheral devices that support serial data outputs.

Recall: Z-3075-2011 · Initiated July 5, 2011

Recall

Recall Number
Z-3075-2011
Event Number
58489
Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
FEI Number
2126677
Product Code
MHX
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Software design
Initiated
July 5, 2011
Posted
August 25, 2011
Terminated
September 11, 2012
Address
3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, WI, 53188-1615

Description

GE Healthcare, DASH 3000, 4000, 5000 Patient Monitors The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. The intended use of the system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric and neonatal patients. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is designed as a bedside, portable, and intra-hospital transport monitor that can operate in all professional medical facilities including but not limited to: emergency department, operating room, post anesthesia recovery, critical care, surgical intensive care, respiratory intensive care, coronary care, medical intensive care, pediatric intensive care, or neonatal intensive care areas located in hospitals, outpatient clinics, free-standing surgical centers, and other alternate care facilities. Physiologic data includes but is not restricted to: electrocardiogram, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, cardiac output, respiration, pulse oximetry, carbon dioxide, bi-spectral index, impedance cardiography, oxygen, and anesthetic agents as summarized in the operator's manual. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor is also intended to provide physiologic data over the UNITY NETWORK TM indirectly to clinical information systems (via our Enterprise Gateway) and allow the user to access hospital data at the point-of-care. The information can be displayed, trended, stored, and printed. The Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitor was developed to interface with nonproprietary third party peripheral devices that support serial data outputs.

Reason

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of an issue with the Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient monitors configured with the 802.11b wireless LAN option that may impact patient safety. The Dash monitor may exhibit reboots on some networks when the 802.11b wireless LAN option is used to connect to the hospital wireless LAN infrastructure. This reboot results in a loss of patient monitoring for approxima

Action

GE Healthcare sent an URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letter dated June 15, 2011, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. GE recommended actions that should be taken by a qualified service representative. For any questions regarding the medical device correction or identification of affected items contact Technical Support at 1-800-558-7044 or customers should contact their local Service Representative. UPDATE: A second letter dated 12/13/11 was sent on 1/20/12 to consignees. The revised letter provides an update to the safety instructions and product correction.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI and the countries of UNITED KINGDOM, TURKEY, THAILAND, TAIWAN, SWEDEN, SPAIN, SLOVENIA, SINGAPORE, SAUDI A ARABIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, PORTUGAL, POLAND, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, MEXICO, KUWAIT, JAPAN, ITALY, ISRAEL, INDIA, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, ESTONIA, ECUADOR, DENMARK, CANDA, BELGIUM AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA, and ALGERIA.

Quantity

8029 devices