Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 16975 |
| Brand Name: | Siemens Artis zee and Artis zeego X-Ray Systems |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | Version VC21B |
| Recalling Organisation: | Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A 600 Great South Road Ellerslie AUCKLAND 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 310 300 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens AG |
| Issue: | Under certain circumstances the release of radiation can become blocked unnecessarily. This situation comes about after the system has booted up, and after an error with the Large Display occurs that causes the system to block the release of radiation. The radiation block remains even if the error that triggered the block was a temporary one and has been cleared. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 10/7/2014 |
