Company: GE Healthcare IT
Date of Enforcement Report: 7/3/2013
Class ll:

PRODUCT

The Centricity Laboratory System is intended to be an information system designed to support the clinical and administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services and facilities, e.g., the storing and delivering of analytical results. It is a specially designed data program application (software), which is supplied for installation in existing mainframe or decentralized computers or a computer network. This software system will not be the software directly used to run, steer, or control any specific laboratory analyzer or equipment. It is intended for use in laboratory facilities, including a central laboratory or in a multiple laboratory environment servicing satellite laboratories, reference laboratories, clinics, etc. Centricity Laboratory System is not intended for direct patient contact.
Recall Number Z-1585-2013

REASON
If environment variables MICRO_CORRECT_MSG_TYPE and CORRECT_MSG_TYPE are set to different values, in Microbiology result entry when released results (Final Report released) are changed and the Corrected Result messages are edited on the free-text form, some of the originally entered panel free-text is lost. For this issue to occur the original result must be amended and the environmental variables set to different values.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
GE Healthcare IT, Barrington, IL on 11/20/2012. Voluntary: Firm Initiated recall is ongoing.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
9 Units

DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally

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