Health product recall

SOMATOM go.Up (2019-01-08)

Starting date:
January 8, 2019
Posting date:
January 25, 2019
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-68930

Affected Products

SOMATOM go.Up

Reason

In affected SOMATOM go.up devices, there is a potential risk of patient rescan due to three sporadic software issues. Depending on the workflow, abortion of the scanning process, impact to image quality or reconstruction issues may occur, requiring an additional scan that exposes the patient to an additional x-ray dose.

Affected products

SOMATOM go.Up

Lot or serial number

108223

Model or catalog number

11061628

Companies
Manufacturer

Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd.

278 Zhouzhu Road

Shanghai

201318

CHINA