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Spacelabs Healthcare qube Compact Patient Monitor, Model… recallZ-0351-2014 · Spacelabs Healthcare, Llc · initiated Oct 17, 2013

Class II Terminated All recalls posted in November 2013

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Why it was recalled

Spacelabs Healthcare qube Compact Patient Monitor, Model 91390, may fail to power ON due to incorrect programmed microcontroller component.

FDA root cause category: Nonconforming Material/Component

What the company is doing

Spacelabs Healthcare sent the "URGENT -MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION Spacelabs Healthcare qube Compact Monitor" letter, dated 01 November 2013, to the US consignees/customers on November 1, 2013. Spacelabs Healthcare will send the customer letter (translated as necessary) to all international subsidiaries and distributors of record via email on November 6, 2013. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to advise staff of the potential for the monitor to fail to turn ON. Spacelabs Healthcare will contact their customers at the earliest possible date to schedule a convenient time for Spacelabs to correct all of your facility's affected monitors at no cost. If you have any questions about this corrective action program, please contact Spacelabs Healthcare at 1-800-522-7025 and select 2 for Technical Support.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-0351-2014
Recall class
Class II
Status
Terminated
Initiated by the company
Oct 17, 2013
Posted by the FDA
Nov 18, 2013
Recalling firm
Spacelabs Healthcare, Llc
Quantity
54 units total (42 units in the US and 12 outside US)
Product code
MHX
FDA submissions
K120616
Distribution
Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: Georgia, Idaho, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming and in countries of: Bahrain, Canada, France, Great Britain, Poland, and The Netherlands.

Product description

Spacelabs Healthcare qube Compact Patient Monitor, Model 91390. It is a patient monitor with arrhythmia detection or alarms. The qube is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner, or by personnel trained in proper use of the equipment in a hospital environment. These devices determine a) when an alarm condition is violated; b) the alarm priority (i.e. high, medium or low); c) alarm limits; and d) when to initiate and terminate alarm notifications.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

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SERIAL NUMBERS IN THE US:  1390-101940, 1390-101945, 1390-101946, 1390-101947, 1390-101948, 1390-101950, 1390-101951, 1390-101952, 1390-101953, 1390-101954, 1390-101955, 1390-101956, 1390-101957, 1390-101958, 1390-101962, 1390-101963, 1390-101971, 1390-101972, 1390-101973, 1390-101974, 1390-101979, 1390-101980, 1390-101994, 1390-102002, 1390-102003, 1390-102004, 1390-102005, 1390-102006, 1390-102007, 1390-102008, 1390-102009, 1390-102010, 1390-102011, 1390-102012, 1390-102013, 1390-102014, 1390-102015, 1390-102016, 1390-102017, 1390-102018, 1390-102019, and 1390-102020.   SERIAL NUMBER INTERNATIONAL:  1390-101949, 1390-101969, 1390-101970, 1390-101975, 1390-101976,  1390-101977, 1390-101978, 1390-102001, 1390-102021, 1390-102022,  1390-102023, and 1390-102024.

Other devices under the same FDA submission

3 devices cleared under K120616 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

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