GE Healthcare It: The Centricity Laboratory System is intended to be an information system designed to support the clinical and administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services and facilities, e.g., the storing and delivering of analytical results. It is a specially designed data program application (software), which is supplied for installation in existing mainframe or decentralized computers or a computer network. This software system will not be the software directly used to run, steer, or control any specific laboratory analyzer or equipment. It is intended for use in laboratory facilities, including a central laboratory or in a multiple laboratory environment servicing satellite laboratories, reference laboratories, clinics, etc. Centricity Laboratory System is not intended for direct patient contact.

Recall number

Z-1585-2013

Recalling firm

GE Healthcare It

Product

The Centricity Laboratory System is intended to be an information system designed to support the clinical and administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services and facilities, e.g., the storing and delivering of analytical results. It is a specially designed data program application (software), which is supplied for installation in existing mainframe or decentralized computers or a computer network. This software system will not be the software directly used to run, steer, or control any specific laboratory analyzer or equipment. It is intended for use in laboratory facilities, including a central laboratory or in a multiple laboratory environment servicing satellite laboratories, reference laboratories, clinics, etc. Centricity Laboratory System is not intended for direct patient contact.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2012-11-20

Posted

2013-06-24

Terminated

2016-06-10

Reason

If environment variables MICRO_CORRECT_MSG_TYPE and CORRECT_MSG_TYPE are set to different values, in Microbiology result entry when released results (Final Report released) are changed and the Corrected Result messages are edited on the free-text form, some of the originally entered panel free-text is lost. For this issue to occur the original result must be amended and the environmental variabl

Root cause

Software design

Action

GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated November 20, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Software correction is available. Please contact your GE service representative to request or install this update. Please contact your GE Service Representative with any question regarding this issue. For other questions please contact GE Helpdesk. Help Desk: North America: 1-888-778-3375 Help Desk: Europe: + 44 1603 877595 Help Desk: Asia Pacific + 61 3 5327 4000

Quantity

9 Units

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution including the states of OH, NY, GA, TX, TN and MN and the countries of Australia, Qatar and England

Lot, serial or model codes

Software Versions 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

JQP

Firm FEI

3004526608

Firm city

Barrington

Firm state

IL

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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