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Spacelabs Healthcare Inc recalls Spacelabs Medical Patient Monitor is a Physiological, Patient monitor With Arrhythmia Detection or Alarms. The Models ar
Recalled October 1, 2014 · FDA recall Z-2707-2014 · Spacelabs Healthcare
Hazard
The clinician did not realize the monitor was in END CASE mode and was expecting audible alarms. Visual alarms continue to work normally. The firm performed a retrospective analysis of all recalls since 2011 and discovered 222 additional serial numbers were missed and were not included in the previous recall under RES 59456 (recall number Z-3032-2011). · FDA Class II
Units
82 units distributed in US and 140 units distributed outside US
Sold at
Worldwide Distribution- US (nationwide) including the states of: FL, GA, IA, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, Guam and Puerto Rico and to the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, and Uruguay.
Description
The clinician did not realize the monitor was in END CASE mode and was expecting audible alarms. Visual alarms continue to work normally. The firm performed a retrospective analysis of all recalls since 2011 and discovered 222 additional serial numbers were missed and were not included in the previous recall under RES 59456 (recall number Z-3032-2011).
Product
Spacelabs Medical Patient Monitor is a Physiological, Patient monitor With Arrhythmia Detection or Alarms. The Models are 91367, 91369, 91370, 91387, and 91393 are sold with Perioperative Mode (option D), which includes Start case/End case functionality, Upgrade Kit 040-1548-00. Spacelabs Healthcare patient monitors, functioning as either bedside or central monitors; passively display data generated by Spacelabs Healthcare parameter modules, Flexports interfaces, and other SDLC based products in the form of waveform and numeric displays, trends and alarms. Key monitored parameters available on the models 91367, 91369, 91370 and 91387, when employing the Spacelabs Command Module, consist of ECG, respiration, invasive and noninvasive blood pressure, Sp02, temperature and cardiac output. Additional parameters and interfaces to other systems are also available depending on the parameter modules employed
Manufacturer(s)
Spacelabs Healthcare Inc
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Official recall notice on fda.gov →