GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices
Medical device recall Z-0185-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 19, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 19, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 3 states named
- 478 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“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.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
GE is issuing this recall due to a potential safety issue related to a portion of the system falling onto the patient during a scan due to fasteners being loose that secured the camera to the gantry. GE is updating the Preventative Maintenance procedure and schedule, and added an additional Preventative Maintenance check for loose fasteners on the Nuclear Medicaine systems.
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Which ones are recalled?
GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices. Models H3000YA, H3000YB, H3000YC, H3000YD, H2508PA, H2508PB, H2508PC, H2508PD. Product Usage: The intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition typed and optional imaging features designed to enhance image quality in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology and other clinical diagnostic imaging applications. The scanning modes include planar (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic, Whole body scanning) and tomographic (SPECT, Gated SPECT, Whole body SPECT, Camera based PET). Acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/multi-peak frame/list mode single-photon and positron imaging. Optional imaging-enhancement features include assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, real-time automatic body contouring, and CT-based attenuation correction and functional anatomic mapping.
478, in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
0000000010-203 203694MIL 0000000010-191 203852VG 10498 205933VH 10191 206288VG 10262 206598VG 10571 207795VH 10269 208529VG 1078 209334LNVG1 10340 209526milvg 10541 212562VG 1081 225763MVG 000003100-1829 228818MILLVG 00008125-18-18…
Every code shown here, 1,998 characters
0000000010-203 203694MIL 0000000010-191 203852VG 10498 205933VH 10191 206288VG 10262 206598VG 10571 207795VH 10269 208529VG 1078 209334LNVG1 10340 209526milvg 10541 212562VG 1081 225763MVG 000003100-1829 228818MILLVG 00008125-18-18 248338MLO02 10237 248828VG 10326 248937VG 1538 256235OPNM1 10171 262785vg 1039 2894872VG2 1080 2894872VG3 10316 301896VG 10177 304256VG 00000000010-15 304487VG 10156 305612VG 10197 309662SJVG 10539 310231VGH1 10395 312864VG 1058 313299VG 00000000010-63 334794MILVG 1372 361575VG 000000099-4-04 402449SJVG 10189 404605PVGH 1107 407277fvg2 1132 407896FVG1 10211 407933KVG 10438 408947VG 10199 409291HVG 10460 410955VG1 10359 410955VH 10406 412359VG 00000000010-31 413781VG1 00000000010-82 413781VG2 10547 414219VG 10375 414328VG 10534 414384vg 10182 414447VG 3874990 414544VG 5007 414777MIL 10139 414777VG2 10555 414961vg 1141 443643VG 10347 480981NM1 10354 508997VG 10338 510486VG1 1056 512753VG 10481 515263LVG 1035 516256VG 10210 520757NM1 10572 530529VG 10281 540596N3 10190 540953VG 10179 559688NM1 10150 570791HAWK 10193 580355VGACQ 00008125-16-70 58510 00008125-16-89 58582 00008125-18-09 58711 00008125-18-16 58919 00000000017-64 58958 1016 601426VG 10300 602870NM1 10501 605333HAWKEYE 10284 608263VG 10446 608364VG 1119 609267VG 10146 610954VG 1100 615322NM2 10178 615791VG 10041 630801VG 10280 706845VG 10267 707554VG 00000011278NU9 708783VG 3003 714774VG 1126 716694VG 10235 716859VG 1013 718759VG 10263 781278VG 10526 781744VG2 10488 781744VH 10507 804281VG1 00000000010-05 812537VG 10165 813725vg 36478041 813788VG 10307 815842SJVG 10239 828213VG 10398 845437VG 1025 847695MILMVG 10459 847842VG 10143 860343VGOPC 00000000010-30 860344VG 10390 863494VG 10260 904202VG 10435 914734VG 10422 920459VG 10309 920887vg 10445 949760vg1 10222 956632MVG 000003681-1803 970491VG1 1075 978466VG 10357 978741VG 10218 979764VGH1 10409 FHORLVGH1 1046 MAYO4VG3 10491 NM73049 10353 NM81394 10180 RADNETNM1724 10530 509575PYVGH 00000000010-54 203932VG 00000000018-24 59012…
FDA’s list runs to 8,134 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including Guam, Puerto Rico and DC; and countries of: ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BELRARUS, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, HUNGARY, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA,MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN,SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UKRAINE, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VIET NAAM.
The states and territories these words name
- District of Columbia
- Guam
- Puerto Rico
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 14, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Nov 7, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 19, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 27, 2015.
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Who is recalling it?
- GE Healthcare, LLC, of Waukesha, WI.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 8,134 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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