Reported May 14, 2014 · Terminated

Giraffe¿ Infant Warmers integrated with Nellcor SpO2. Controlled infrared heat to neonates who are unable to…

GE Healthcare

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: GE Healthcare · 8880 Gorman Rd · Laurel, MD · 20723-5800

Is this the product you have?

  • Giraffe¿ Infant Warmers integrated with Nellcor SpO2. Controlled infrared heat to neonates who are unable to thermo-regulate based on their own physiology with integrated monitoring feature used for continuous noninvasive monitoring of functional oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin (SpO2) and pulse rate (measured by a SpO2 sensor).
Lot codes and dates
    • HDJM50062
    • HDJM50093
    • HDJM50470
    • HDJM50654
    • HDJM51812
    • HDJS55099
    • HDJS53396
    • HDJS53397
    • HDJS53398
    • HDJT50393
    • HDJS55036
    • HDJS55037
    • HDJS55038
    • HDJT50318
    • HDJS52165
    • HDJS52166
    • HDJS52119
    • HDJS52120
    • HDJR57563
    • HDJR57564
    • HDJR57565
    • HDJR57566
    • HDJR57567
    • HDJR57568
    • HDJR57569
    • HDJS50733
    • HDJS52092
    • HDJS52093
    • HDJS51002
    • HDJS51003
    • HDJS51004
    • HDJS51005
    • HDJS51006
    • HDJP50601
    • HDJP50606
    • HDJN50376
    • HDJS50790
    • HDJS50791
    • HDJS50792
    • HDJS50159
    • HDJS50160
    • HDJS51426
    • HDJS51427
    • HDJS50734
    • HDJS50735
    • HDJS52118
    • HDJT50534
    • HDJT50039
    • HDJR58198
    • HDJS50316
Amount recalled
50 units

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Why it was recalled

Medical device software may be defective and may cause user-set alarm limits to result in false positive or false negative Oxygen saturation and pulse rate alarm notifications to the caregiver.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated May 11, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:28 PM UTC

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