Use caution Medical device recall · FDA · Published December 10, 2020

GE NM/CT 870 CZT System Recall: Loose Rotor Bearing Risk

GE Healthcare recalls NM/CT 870 CZT system model H3906CW due to loose rotor bearing screws that may cause a bearing to release during use. Affected units have specific serial numbers listed.

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🇺🇸 FDA recall #Z-0855-2021Medical device GE Healthcare ›

Use caution until it’s fixed

GE Healthcare has become aware that rotor bearing screws were found loose on one detector in the field, leading to the release of one of the four rotor bearings in the detector.

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Recalling firmGE Healthcare, LLC3000 N Grandview Blvd · Waukesha, WI 53188-1615

✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

GE Healthcare is recalling certain NM/CT 870 CZT systems because loose rotor bearing screws could cause one of four bearings to release. This poses a risk of equipment malfunction during nuclear medicine imaging procedures. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/63679-ge-nm-ct-870-czt-system-recall-loose-rotor-bearing.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/63679-ge-nm-ct-870-czt-system-recall-loose-rotor-bearing · Updated August 19, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #Z-0855-2021

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“GE NM/CT 870 CZT System Recall: Loose Rotor Bearing Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/63679-ge-nm-ct-870-czt-system-recall-loose-rotor-bearing. Based on FDA recall #Z-0855-2021 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0855-2021%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on Dec. 10, 2020, that GE Healthcare LLC is recalling its GE NM/CT 870 CZT system Model Number H3906CW because loose rotor bearing screws may cause a rotor bearing to release from the detector. The agency classified the recall as Class II.

How to tell if you have it

Brand: GE Healthcare
Product: GE NM/CT 870 CZT system
Model Number: H3906CW
Serial numbers: 87CY63028, 87CZ63044, 87CZ63045, 87CZ63042, 87CY63025, 87CY63029, 87CY63027, 87CY63030, 87CZ63046, 87CY63034, 87CY63032, 87CY63033
Quantity: 12 units

The hazard

GE Healthcare stated that rotor bearing screws were found loose on one detector in the field, leading to the release of one of the four rotor bearings in the detector.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show GE Healthcare LLC has 97 other recalls on record since Oct. 4, 2017. Recent brand recalls include SIGNA Premier MRI Scanners with steel fittings risk (Feb. 27, 2026), Centricity Universal Viewer inaccurate measurements (July 15, 2022), and SIGNA Premier MRI Scanner hearing loss risk (June 24, 2022). Other recent recalls of similar products include Philips Spectral CT Recall (Jan. 7, 2026), Philips Brilliance iCT CT Scanner Recall (Jan. 7, 2026), and Philips IQon Spectral CT Recall (Jan. 7, 2026).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for the model number H3906CW on the system. Affected units have serial numbers listed in the recall notice: 87CY63028, 87CZ63044, 87CZ63045, 87CZ63042, 87CY63025, 87CY63029, 87CY63027, 87CY63030, 87CZ63046, 87CY63034, 87CY63032, 87CY63033.

Brand
GE Healthcare
Category
Medical device

FDA recall event · 6 products

All 6 products in this recall

FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.

Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Distribution
Worldwide

Recall number	Product, codes & lots	Quantity
Z-0853-2021	GE NM/CT 850 system Model Number H3907AD - Product Usage: intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body.; Serial numbers: 85EY67048, 850Y61018, 85EY67045, 85EY67046, 85EY67047, 850Z61038, 85EY67043, 850Z61042, 85EZ67056, 850Z61043, 850Z61044, 850Z61045, 850Z61041, 850Z61039, 850Z61040, 85EZ67055, 85EZ67053, 85EZ67054, 850Y61019, 85EY67044, 85EY67049, 85EZ67052, 85EY67050, 85EZ67051	24 units
Z-0854-2021	GE NM/CT 860 system Model Number H3908AD - Product Usage: intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body.; Serial numbers: 860Y62016, 860Y62019, 860Y62017, 860Z62032, 860Y62018, 860Y62015, 860Y62012, 860Y62020, 860Y62021, 860Y62013, 860Z62033, 860Z62031	12 units
Z-0855-2021	GE NM/CT 870 CZT system Model Number H3906CW - Product Usage: intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body.; Serial numbers: 87CY63028, 87CZ63044, 87CZ63045, 87CZ63042, 87CY63025, 87CY63029, 87CY63027, 87CY63030, 87CZ63046, 87CY63034, 87CY63032, 87CY63033	12 units
Z-0856-2021	Discovery NM 630 (Model Number H3101RH), NM 830 (Model Number H3910AC), 830 NM Cyber Defense (Model Number H3910AG) - Product Usage: intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body.; Discovery NM 630 (Model Number H3101RH), Serial numbers: 63GY50110, 63GY50119, 63GY50116, 63GZ50141, 63GY50120, 63GY50108, 63GY50121, 63GZ50142, 63GY50112, 63GZ50139, 63GY50107, 63GZ50138 NM 830 (Model Number H3910AC), Serial Numbers: 830Z60199, 830Z60182, 830Z60183, 830Z60192, 830Y60089, 830Y60105, 830Y60079, 830Z60207, 830Y60092, 830Y60102, 830Y60081, 830Z60200, 830Y60106, 830Z60201, 83EZ88001, 830Y60111, 830Y60094, 830Z60211, 830Y60101, 830Z60210, 830Y60118, 830Z60195, 830Z60194, 830Z60198, 830Z60181, 830Z60202, 830Y60097, 830Z60196, 830Z60180, 830Y60078, 830Y60115, 830Y60114, 830Y60108, 830Y60100, 830Y60087, 830Y60084, 830Z60188, 830Z60206, 830Y60112, 830Y60082, 830Y60093, 830Z60191, 830Y60107, 830Y60080, 830Z60190, 830Y60103, 830Z60193, 830Y60095, 830Y60119, 830Z60209, 830Z60205, 830Y60073, 830Y60120, 830Y60083, 830Y60116, 830Z60203, 830Y60085, 830Y60077, 830Z60184, 830Y60086, 830Z60187, 830Y60113, 830Z60208, 830Y60110, 830Z60204, 830Y60072, 830Z60179, 830Z60186 830 NM Cyber Defense (Model Number H3910AG), Serial Numbers: 830Z60185	81 units
Z-0857-2021	Discovery 670 DR (Model H3100BT), NM/CT 870 DR (Model 3100Q and H3100AS), Discovery NM670 Pro (Model 3100XB), Discovery 670 ES (Model H3100XF) - Product Usage: intended for use by appropriately trained healthcare professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such NM System: 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 types and imaging features designed to enhance image quality.; Discovery 670 DR (Model H3100BT), Serial Numbers: DRGY56033, DRGY56037, DRGY56035, DRGY56030, DRGZ56043, DRGZ56042, DRGY56032, DRGY56031, DRGY56034, DRGY56036 NM/CT 870 DR (Model 3100Q), Serial Numbers: 870Y64066, and (Model H3100AS), Serial Numbers: 870Y64077, 870Y64064, 870Y64081, 870Y64079, 870Y64067, 870Y64074, 870Z64117, 870Y64078, 870Y64080, 870Y64069, 870Y64085, 870Z64121, 870Z64119, 870Z64122, 870Y64056, 870Y64063, 870Z64114, 870Z64115, 870Y64068, 870Y64082, 870Z64116, 870Z64120, 870Y64065, 870Y64084, 870Y64061, 870Y64083, 870Z64113, 870Y64070, 870Z64123, 870Y64058, 870Z64118, 870Y64057 Discovery NM670 Pro (Model 3100XB), Serial Numbers: PRGY52027, PRGY52031, PRGZ52047, PRGZ52046, PRGY52028, PRGZ52048, PRGY52029, PRGY52030 Discovery 670 ES (Model H3100XF), Serial Numbers: ESGZ53005	52 untits
Z-0858-2021	Optima NM/CT 640, Model number 3101RL - Product Usage: intended for General Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body.; Serial Numbers: 64GY51017, 64GY51020, 64GY51022, 64GZ51028, 64GZ51030, 64GZ51029, 64GY51021	7 units

Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

Check Serial Numbers
Compare your system's serial number with the list provided in the recall notice: 87CY63028, 87CZ63044, 87CZ63045, 87CZ63042, 87CY63025, 87CY63029, 87CY63027, 87CY63030, 87CZ63046, 87CY63034, 87CY63032, 87CY63033.

How this recall unfolded

Recall timeline

FDA published this recall 41 days after the firm started it.

Dec 10, 2020Firm started the recall
Jan 13, 2021FDA classified it Class II
Jan 20, 2021Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.

Official source: FDA Recall #Z-0855-2021 (December 10, 2020) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0855-2021 to see it in context.
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