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FDA Devices Moderate Class II Terminated

GE Healthcare, Dash Port 2 Docking Station. Product Usage: is a docking station (quick mount/dismount base) for a Dash patient monitor. The system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients.

Reported: February 20, 2013 Initiated: June 13, 2012 #Z-0814-2013

Product Description

GE Healthcare, Dash Port 2 Docking Station. Product Usage: is a docking station (quick mount/dismount base) for a Dash patient monitor. The system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients.

Reason for Recall

GE has become aware of multiple issues affecting the Dash 3000/4000/5000 and DashPort 2 monitor. This report of correction encompasses the DashPort 2 device, in which the DashPort 2 stops communicating with the Dash, resulting in Loss of Monitoring at the CIC. The DashPort 2 status LEDs in the back of the unit indicate Unity Network and DashPort 2 to Dash communication has stopped.

Details

Recalling Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
Units Affected
10,497
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution and US (nationwide) including DC and the countries of ALGERIA, ARAB EMIRATES, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA, ISRAEL, ITA LY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KUWAIT, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE SLOVENIA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM.
Location
Waukesha, WI

Frequently Asked Questions

What product was recalled?
GE Healthcare, Dash Port 2 Docking Station. Product Usage: is a docking station (quick mount/dismount base) for a Dash patient monitor. The system is to monitor physiologic parameter data on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients.. Recalled by GE Healthcare, LLC. Units affected: 10,497.
Why was this product recalled?
GE has become aware of multiple issues affecting the Dash 3000/4000/5000 and DashPort 2 monitor. This report of correction encompasses the DashPort 2 device, in which the DashPort 2 stops communicating with the Dash, resulting in Loss of Monitoring at the CIC. The DashPort 2 status LEDs in the back of the unit indicate Unity Network and DashPort 2 to Dash communication has stopped.
Which agency issued this recall?
This recall was issued by the FDA Devices on February 20, 2013. Severity: Moderate. Recall number: Z-0814-2013.