The Recall Desk
ModerateFDA (Devices)·Z-0234-2014·Announced 2013-11-20

Carestream Vue PACS Software Recall for Image Loading Defect

Carestream Health is recalling Vue PACS software because a defect may prevent some CT and MR images from loading in the viewer under specific conditions.

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, which typically indicates a moderate risk. The defect is a software issue that may prevent image loading under specific conditions, but no injuries or illnesses are reported in the source text.

Plain-English summary

Carestream Health, Inc. has issued a recall for the Carestream Vue PACS client software. The recall involves specific versions of the software, including 11.3.2.0, 11.3.2.4, and 11.4, with catalog number 8678468. The product is an image management system intended to archive, distribute, retrieve, and display medical images from hospital modalities.

The recall was issued because a software problem may cause some images from multi-slice studies, such as CT and MR, to fail to load into the viewer application. This issue occurs only under very specific conditions. The affected software was distributed worldwide, including in the United States and internationally to Canada, Japan, and Kuwait.

Healthcare institutions using the affected software should contact Carestream Health for further instructions on how to resolve the issue. No specific dates or unit counts are provided in the source text.

The recalled product

Product
Carestream Vue PACS; MX PRINT SW AUTO LAYOUT PAGE & PRINT 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, retri

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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