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Device product

GE Healthcare - Giraffe and Panda Bag and Mask Resuscitation System;Giraffe Stand-alone Infant Resuscitation System. Product Usage: The Bag and Mask Resuscitation System provides the basic equipment required for pulmonary resuscitation of infants. Pulmonary resuscitation includes practices necessary to establish a clear airway and provide oxygen or air/oxygen mixtures and/or manual ventilation to the infant. These are clinical practices that represent the established standard of care.

Z-1071-2014

October 01, 2013

Class I

Product summary

Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
Event
Event 67004
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
12, 373 units total, 8,807 = US, 3,394 = OUS, 172 = unknown
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1071-2014

Official wording

Reason: Oxygen and air wall inlet fittings on the back panel of the resuscitation systems were reversed during assembly.

Code information: QABS50026, QABR50066, QABR50068, QABR50133, QABS50023, QABR50102, QABR50103, QABR50064, QABR50065, QABR50067, QABS50070, QABS50069, QABR50275, QABS50027, QABR50274

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL,GA. HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; and the countries of Albania, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungry, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Turkey, United Arab, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Oxygen and air wall inlet fittings on the back panel of the resuscitation systems were reversed during assembly.