AW Server, Cl ll GE Healthcare

Company:GE Healthcare
Date of Enforcement Report 4/24/2013
Class ll:

PRODUCT

GE Healthcare, AW Server. Product Usage: . AW Server is a medical software system that allows multiple users to remotely access AW applications from compatible computers on a network. The system allows networking, selection, processing and filming of multimodality DICOM images. Both the client and server software are only for use with off the shelf hardware technology that meets defined minimum specifications. Recall Number Z-1137-2013

REASON
GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue with respect to the Results Viewer in the AW Server. After starting the Results Viewer with the selected series of a patient, the pixel and certain annotation data from a different patient is displayed in one of the viewports. This occurs on an occasional basis, when multiple users are simultaneously accessing the Results Viewer.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
GE Healthcare, LLC, Waukesha, WI on 6/28/2012. Voluntary: Firm Initiated recall is ongoing.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
429

DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally

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