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FDA Device recall Z-2739-2016

Centricity Enterprise Archive is a software product for receiving, archiving and sending of medical data

On 2016-09-14 the FDA classified a Class II recall of Centricity Enterprise Archive is a software product for receiving, archiving and sending of medical data by Ge Healthcare It, citing there is a potential for data loss associated with empty path names resulting from HL-7 updates when the cache disk is almost full. In an unlikely event that the cache disk is alm….

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AgencyFDA Device
Recall numberZ-2739-2016
ClassificationClass II
Statusterminated
Initiated2012-11-16
Published2016-09-14
Last updated2026-09-13 11:54 UTC
CompanyGe Healthcare It
DistributionUS

Product

Centricity Enterprise Archive is a software product for receiving, archiving and sending of medical data. Qualified system administrators install, monitor and maintain the system. DICOM devices (e.g. modalities, workstations) communicate with the archive using the DICOM protocol (published by ACR-NEMA). The clinical use is limited to the interaction other systems have with the Centricity Enterprise Archive. Centricity Enterprise Archive is not intended for use in patient vicinity. The intended users for Centricity Enterprise Users service personnel and System administrators, and non clinical users. As of V4.0 XDS enabled systems can communicate with the archive using the XDS and XDS-I profiles (published by IHE).

Reason

There is a potential for data loss associated with empty path names resulting from HL-7 updates when the cache disk is almost full. In an unlikely event that the cache disk is almost full (<100MB) and HL-7 update events are received, the update action fails and an empty path name is written to the EA database. As a result the instance is not deleted from the storage device but no longer referenced. When trying to retrieve the instance an error is returned.

Identifiers

code_infoVersion: 3.0.x

Status history

No status changes recorded since RecallRadar first saw this recall on 2026-09-13 11:54 UTC. Current status: terminated.

Source

Official record: https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-2739-2016%22

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