FDA recall Z-0168-2018

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc · Class II · device

Product

Syngo.plaza, Picture Archiving and Communications System(PACS), Model 10863171 Syngo.plaza is a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store and archive digital medical images. It supports the physician in diagnosis and treatment planning. Syngo.plaza also supports storage and archiving of DICOM Structured reports. In a comprehensive imaging syngo.plaza integrates Hospital/Radiology Information Systems (HIS/RIS) to enable customer specific work flows. Syngo.plaza optionally uses a variety of advanced postprocessing applications.

Reason for recall

Siemens is releasing a non-medical software application LTA Incomplete Archive Check Tool V1.0. It is intended to eliminate an issue that occurs during syngo.plaza de-archiving from Dicom LTA. It has been defined that the number of de-archived images is less than the count of the archived images for the series. The issues were discovered through Siemens Global Complaint Handling System.

Distribution

Distribution to MN

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2017-05-22
Report date
2017-11-29
Termination date
2018-07-02
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Malvern, PA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0168-2018