The Recall Desk
LowFDA (Devices)·Z-0876-2020·Announced 2020-02-05

GE Healthcare Recalls SIGNA Pioneer MRI Systems Due to Date Errors

GE Healthcare is recalling 62 SIGNA Pioneer MRI systems because an installation issue may cause incorrect dates on medical images.

What this means for you

Cosmetic or documentation issue. No expected health impact, but the manufacturer is correcting the affected products.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a documentation and metadata issue (incorrect dates on images) with no reported injuries or illnesses, fitting the criteria for cosmetic defects or documentation issues.

Plain-English summary

GE Healthcare, LLC is recalling 62 SIGNA Pioneer Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems. The recall involves 30 units in the United States and 32 units in other countries, including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Oman, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

The recall was initiated because a potential installation workflow issue may cause the MRI system's date to be set incorrectly. Since the system's date and time settings are used to populate the DICOM header information on images, this error could result in inaccurate dates being recorded on the medical images.

The source text does not specify specific actions for consumers or healthcare providers, nor does it report any illnesses or injuries associated with this issue.

The recalled product

Product
SIGNA Pioneer Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging System - Product Usage: is a whole body magnetic resonance scanner designed to support high resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio, and short scan times.
Manufacturer
GE Healthcare, LLC

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by GE Healthcare, LLC 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.

See all 4 products in this recall →