The Recall Desk
ModerateFDA (Devices)·Z-0214-2014·Announced 2013-11-20

Carestream Vue PACS Software Recall for Image Loading Defect

Carestream Health is recalling Vue PACS software because specific multi-slice images may fail to load in the viewer application.

What this means for you

Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II, but the source text describes a software defect that prevents image loading without reporting any injuries, illnesses, or deaths. This aligns with a moderate severity score for a functional defect without reported harm.

Plain-English summary

Carestream Health, Inc. has issued a recall for the Carestream Vue PACS software, specifically the Virtual PWR Reading Basic SW, 8 Pack. The affected software versions are 11.3.2.0, 11.3.2.4, and 11.4, with catalog number 1530633. This product is an image management system intended to archive, distribute, retrieve, and display images and data from hospital modalities.

The recall was issued because, under very specific conditions, some images from multi-slice studies such as CT and MR may not load into the viewer application due to a software problem. This defect affects the ability to view certain diagnostic images on the Carestream Client Workstation.

The affected products were distributed worldwide, including in the United States (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, WA, and WI) and internationally to Canada, Japan, and Kuwait. Users of the affected software should contact Carestream Health for further instructions on resolving the issue.

The recalled product

Product
Carestream Vue PACS; Virtual PWR Reading Basic SW, 8 Pack The CARESTREAM PACS is an image management system whose intended use is to provide completely scaleable local and wide area PACS solutions for hospital and related institutions/sites, which will archive, distribute, ret

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 50 recalled by Carestream Health Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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