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Event 74853

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 09, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Merge Healthcare, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Merge RadSuite software. Radiological image processing system.

Z-2715-2016
Recall number
Z-2715-2016
Initiated
April 09, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Merge Healthcare, Inc.
Quantity
10 sites have the affected software that is configured with the specific conditions listed in Code Information

App-derived interpretation

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When RadSuite is used with IPID (Issuer of Patient ID) as a part of the "Patient Identifier," it is possible in some circumstances that the demographics of one patient will be applied to a study or studies for another patient.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

When RadSuite is used with IPID (Issuer of Patient ID) as a part of the "Patient Identifier," it is possible in some circumstances that the demographics of one patient will be applied to a study or studies for another patient.

Code information

RadSuite Versions: 5.30.8, 5.35.3, 5.35.4, 5.35.5, 8.30.7.3, 8.30.7.4, 8.30.7.5, 8.30.7.7 are affected, BUT ONLY if they are configured with all of the following conditions: (1) Must have IPID enabled; (2) Must use IPID morphers (3) Must Define a Defaultvalue in the IPID Morpher; (4) Must use the Aggregating Morpher; (5) Must not set OverwritelfPresent=false; and (6) Must be on an internal store (this is data that is already present on EA being stored to Radsuite, this excludes direct DICOM stores to the EA).

Distribution pattern

Distribution was made to medical facilities in AL, MI, MO, PA, TN, and TX.