09/09/96 NEURODYNE MEDICAL CORPORATION – Biofeedback units Product labeling for the MEDAC System/3R states, “MEDAC System 3R–is a new configuration for rehabilitation & pain management applications where more than 2 EMGs are needed. All of the stress assessment software features of the standard MEDAC along with 4 channels of surface, PPG (heart rate, pulse height,...Read More

WARN 09/06/96 NIDEK CO., LTD. Our investigator determined that your firm manufactures sterile and non-sterile products which include ophthalmological, optometrical, semiconductor measurement equipment, and intra-ocular lense. 2. Failure to prepare and implement quality assurance procedures adequate to assure that a formally established and documented quality assurance program is performed. For example: a) The firm has...Read More

Bennett subsidiary of Trex medical Corp. 8/15/96 (component supplier of high frequency programmable generators for use in imaging systems) 2. Validation protocols for software revisions fail to always specify test parameters such as normal input values, boundary values, out-of-range values and the expected outputs valuesRead More

Soring Germany 8/9/96 ultrasonic dissection/aspiration devices 2. Failure to establish and implement specification control measures to assure that the design basis for the device is correctly translated into approved specifications, as required by 21 CFR 820.100(a)(1). For example, there is no documented software validation for the software which operates all devices manufactured by your firm....Read More

Walter Graphtek Germany 7/1/96 EEG devices 3. Failure to perform planned and periodic audits in accordance with written procedures by appropriately trained individuals not having direct responsibility for the matters being audited, as required by 21 CFR 820.20(b). For example, the following areas were identified as having not been audited under your internal quality assurance...Read More

GE Medical 6/16/96 X-Ray France Failure to validate software programs by adequate and documented testing, when computers are used as part of an automated production or quality assurance system, as required by 21 CFR 820.61. For example, the software control processes have not been validated to correct the most serious faults. Failure to subject any...Read More

Somerset Medical Center Blood Bank 5/29/96 1. The validation of the Meditech Computer System is incomplete and/or inadequate for the following reasons: a. Computer documentation did not include testing procedures, system requirements, and system specifications which were specified to Somerset Medical Center. b. There is no assurance that all program changes resulting from the software...Read More

Planmed OY 5/9/96 Finland 3. Failure to routinely calibrate measurement equipment, to establish adequate calibration procedures, and to maintain records of calibration, including the next calibration date; and failure to validate software programs by adequate and documented testing, when computers are used as part of an automated production or quality assurance system, as required by...Read More

Cobe 4/16/96 Hemodialysis 10. Failure to have adequate checks designed and implemented to prevent inaccurate data output, input, and programming errors when automated data processing is used for manufacturing or quality assurance purposes, as required by 21 CFR 820.195. For example, the computer search process for complaints by serial number is not designed to detect...Read More

Abaxis 4/5/96 blood analyzer 1. Failure to validate computer software programs by adequately documented testing, when computers are used as part of an automated production or quality assurance system (21 CFR 820.61). The computer programs which control the automated assembly of rotor parts, loading of reagent beads, dispensing of reagent beads into proper cuvettes, and...Read More

Barton Carey Medical Products 4/3/96 our Investigator determined that your firm manufactures vascular and burn compression garments. These garments are devices as defined by Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the Act). The Inspection revealed that your devices are adulterated in that, the methods used in, or the facilities or controls...Read More

PIE Medical Equipment 4/1/96 Netherlands ultrasound 1. Failure to maintain records documenting that production and quality assurance measurement equipment is routinely calibrated, inspected, and checked according to written procedures and to validate software programs by adequate and documented testing, when computers are used as part of an automated production or quality assurance system, as required...Read More

Cabrini Medical Center Blood Bank 2/8/96 14. Failure to maintain written standard operating procedures for the blood bank’s computer system that include: integration of the computer into daily operations; reverting to manual operations when the system is not functioning; control of changes in hardware and software; security procedures to prevent unauthorized access; and maintenance procedures...Read More

McGHAN Medical Corporation 2/16/96 mammary prostheses The validation of the computerized dip timer system for software version [purged word] and [purged word] fails to assure that the previous files are overwritten when the maximum number of files [purged word] is reached. This is demonstrated by the fact that there was no verification of the file...Read More

Ionetics 1/29/96 electrolyte analyzers 1. Failure to ensure specification changes are subject to controls as stringent as those applied to the original specifications of the device [21 CFR 820.100(a)(2)]. For example, your firm failed to document and approve changes made to components and software for your electrolyte analyzers.Read More