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Carestream Vue PACS recallZ-0236-2014 · Carestream Health Inc. · initiated Sep 16, 2013

Class II Terminated All recalls posted in November 2013

Is my device affected?

  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Carestream Health Inc. or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

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Why it was recalled

Carestream Health, Inc. has issued a recall when using the CARESTREAM Client Workstation where under very specific conditions, some images from multi-slice studies such as CT and MR may not load into the viewer application due to a software problem.

FDA root cause category: Software design

What the company is doing

Carestream sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated September 13, 2013, to all affected customers via Fed Ex on September 16, 2013, informing them that a software problem may have the potential to occur under certain conditions when using the CARESTREAM Client Workstation. When certain conditions are met, it appears that the child background process completes its tasks before the parent process and as a result the parent process considers its work done and terminates. In the event that a software problem does occur, the scan may not be fluent or the image numbers may not be sequential. A software patch is currently being deployed by Carestream Health. Customers were instructed that they would be contacted by a Carestream Service Engineer to coordinate the deployment. Customers with questions were instructed to call 1-866 737 2487 or they may call the Carestream Customer Care Center at 1-800-328-2910, 8AM through 8pm Eastern Standard Time. For questions regarding this recall call 1-800-328-2910.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-0236-2014
Recall class
Class II
Status
Terminated
Initiated by the company
Sep 16, 2013
Posted by the FDA
Nov 13, 2013
Recalling firm
Carestream Health Inc.
Product code
LLZ
FDA submissions
K110919
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA including AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA WA, and WI and Internationally to Canada, Japan, and Kuwait.

Product description

Carestream Vue PACS; MX WEB SVR W/3 MX-O LIC < 15K EXAMS The CARESTREAM PACS is an image management system whose intended use is to provide completely scaleable local and wide area PACS solutions for hospital and related institutions/sites, which will archive, distribute, retrieve and display images and data from all hospital modalities and information systems.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

Model: Vue PACS client version 11.3.2.0 / 11.3.2.4 / 11.4 Catalog Number: 1630185

Other devices under the same FDA submission

3 devices cleared under K110919 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

Other products in the same recall event

The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 66306).

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