Food, drugs, devices › GE Healthcare, LLC
Device recall: GE Healthcare, Seno Advantage, 5183685, 5183685-2, 5183685-3, 5183685-4, 5183685-5, 5183685-6, 5183685-7, 5183685-8, 518
GE Healthcare, LLC (Waukesha, WI) initiated this device recall on 20 Sep 2012; FDA lists 1 product record under event 66126, classified Class II.
FDA defines Class II as a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote. 88% of the 823 device enforcement events initiated in 2012 carry the same class.
Status: Terminated, terminated 7 Jul 2016. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. GE Healthcare, LLC has 225 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 1 product record per event.
Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare, LLC, Waukesha, WI.
Reason for recall
"GE Healthcare has recently become aware that patient mismatch without a warning message could occur on Seno Advantage (SA) workstations under certain circumstances. This issue may impact patient safety."
Distribution
"Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) including the states of : AL AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD,MI, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, TX and WI., and the countries of : AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA,…"
Product records
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-2257-2013 | GE Healthcare, Seno Advantage, 5183685, 5183685-2, 5183685-3, 5183685-4, 5183685-5, 5183685-6, 5183685-7, 5183685-8, 5183685-9, 5342425, 5342425-2, 5342425-3, 5342425-4, 5342425-5. Seno Advantage is a medical image review station that allows easy selection, processing, filming and media interchange of multi-modality… | 179 | Class II | Terminated | 25 Sep 2013 |
Context
Other enforcement events for GE Healthcare, LLC
All 225 events for GE Healthcare, LLC
Questions and answers
Why was this device recalled?
FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "GE Healthcare has recently become aware that patient mismatch without a warning message could occur on Seno Advantage (SA) workstations under certain circumstances. This issue may impact patient safety."
What does Class II mean?
FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
Where was the product distributed?
FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) including the states of : AL AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD,MI, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, TX and WI., and the countries of : AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA,…"
Is the recall still ongoing?
FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 7 Jul 2016. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.
Where does this data come from?
openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: openFDA device enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.