GE Healthcare has initiated a voluntary field corrective action for the Engström ventilator and Aespire View, Aisys, and Avance anesthesia machines due to a potential safety issue. The affected units were manufactured between the dates of April 23, 2013 and July 22, 2013.
Clinicians may continue to use their devices, but should be aware of a potential safety issue involving unresponsive buttons on the device display. Due to a manufacturing issue the buttons on the left, right, and bottom keypads may not always detect a user’s button presses. This may result in the inability to access certain menu functions which could possibly lead to delay in treatment.