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SOMATOM Force (2016-04-07) — recall 54782

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2016-04-22 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
54782
Date of alert
2016-04-22
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type II
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: Siemens is informing customers of a potential malfunction when using the scan protocol "neonate head" with the pediatric kernel Hp38. This model is especially used for head examinations and could result in misdiagnosis due to image artifacts.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/somatom-force-2016-04-07

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