FDA (Devices) recall action 69870
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The possibility of the Reference Air Kerma Rate for low dose mode will not be reduced to 50% of the value for the normal mode, but will be approximately 70-80%, leading to a higher patient dose than expected.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Philips Medical Systems is recalling 238 Multi Diagnost Eleva II units because the low-dose mode delivers higher radiation than expected.
Philips recalled 238 Multi Diagnost Eleva units because the low-dose mode delivers higher radiation than expected.