GE Healthcare — Class I medical device recall Z-1071-2014
Terminated recall by GE Healthcare, LLC, reported 2014-03-05, distributed nationwide. Oxygen and air wall inlet fittings on the back panel of the resuscitation systems were reversed during assembl
| Recall number | Z-1071-2014 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class I |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | GE Healthcare, LLC, Waukesha, WI, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2013-10-01 |
| Classified | 2014-02-25 |
| Reported by FDA | 2014-03-05 |
| Terminated | 2016-07-22 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AT, AU, BE, BH, CA, CH, CN, CR, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EG, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, GT, HK, HN, ID, IE, IN, IT, KR, LT, MX, MY, NL, NO, PE, PL, RO, RU, SA, SE, TR, VE |
Product
GE Healthcare - Giraffe and Panda Bag and Mask Resuscitation System;Giraffe Stand-alone Infant Resuscitation System. Product Usage: The Bag and Mask Resuscitation System provides the basic equipment required for pulmonary resuscitation of infants. Pulmonary resuscitation includes practices necessary to establish a clear airway and provide oxygen or air/oxygen mixtures and/or manual ventilation to the infant. These are clinical practices that represent the established standard of care.
Reason for recall
Oxygen and air wall inlet fittings on the back panel of the resuscitation systems were reversed during assembly.
Machine access
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