Lower risk Medical device recall · FDA · Published May 8, 2020

GE Healthcare OEC 9900 C-Arm Fluoroscopy System: Dose Display Configuration Issue

GE Healthcare recalls OEC 9900 C-Arm fluoroscopy systems in the US that may not display required dose values per regulations. Affected units were configured to show AKR/CAK instead of DAP when leaving the factory.

Plain-English summary generated from official FDA data by GovInfoNow · Published by Carlos Caban · How we make summaries

🇺🇸 FDA recall #Z-2872-2020Medical device GE Healthcare ›

Lower-risk recall

GEHC Surgery became aware that some users of the 9800 and 9900 fluoroscopic mobile C-Arms (referred to as the system here on) within the United States had requested that a Field Service Engineer (FSE) change the dose value on the live update screen from AKR / CAK to DAP. All systems sold to customers in the US that leave GEHC Surgery (the place of manufacture) are configured to display AKR / CAK when they leave the factory. An FSE changing the dose display, per the customer request, to display DAP instead does not comply to 21CFR 1020.32(k), which requires fluoroscopic equipment manufactured on or after June 10, 2006 to display continuous updates of AKR and CAK values.

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Recalling firmGe Healthcare384 Wright Brothers Dr · Salt Lake City, UT 84116-2862

✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

GE Healthcare is recalling some OEC 9900 C-Arm fluoroscopy systems sold in the US because they were configured to display AKR/CAK dose values instead of the required DAP values. This configuration does not comply with federal regulations that mandate specific dose display for fluoroscopic equipment manufactured after June 2006. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/65197-ge-healthcare-oec-9900-c-arm-fluoroscopy-system-dose-display.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/65197-ge-healthcare-oec-9900-c-arm-fluoroscopy-system-dose-display · Updated August 19, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #Z-2872-2020

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“GE Healthcare OEC 9900 C-Arm Fluoroscopy System: Dose Display Configuration Issue.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/65197-ge-healthcare-oec-9900-c-arm-fluoroscopy-system-dose-display. Based on FDA recall #Z-2872-2020 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-2872-2020%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on May 8, 2020, that GE Healthcare is recalling OEC 9800 and OEC 9900 Elite fluoroscopic mobile C-Arms. The devices fail to display required radiation dose values as mandated by federal regulations.

How to tell if you have it

Brand: GE Healthcare
Product: OEC 9800, OEC 9900 Elite
Quantity: 221 units

The hazard

Field Service Engineers changed the dose display from AKR/CAK to DAP upon customer request. This configuration does not comply with 21CFR 1020.32(k), which requires fluoroscopic equipment manufactured on or after June 10, 2006, to display continuous updates of AKR and CAK values.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show GE Healthcare has 12 other recalls on record since January 25, 2018. Other recent recalls include the GE Healthcare Enterprise Archive V8 Software Recall (July 31, 2026) and the GE Healthcare Centricity Universal Viewer Zero Footprint Client Recall (January 16, 2026). Similar product recalls include the Siemens ARTIS pheno X-ray System Recall (March 9, 2026) and the GE Medical Systems Senographe Pristina Mammography Machines recall (October 24, 2025).

How to tell if you have this one

Check if your OEC 9900 C-Arm fluoroscopy system was sold in the US and displays AKR/CAK on the live update screen instead of DAP. Systems that left GE Healthcare (the place of manufacture) are configured to show AKR/CAK by default.

Brand
GE Healthcare
Category
Medical device

Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

Check Dose Display Settings
Verify if your system shows AKR/CAK instead of DAP on the live update screen.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed nationwide.

FDA distribution: “Nationwide” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

Distributed nationwide.

Recall timeline

FDA published this recall 4 months after the firm started it.

May 8, 2020Firm started the recall
Aug 28, 2020FDA classified it Class II
Sep 9, 2020Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report

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

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Link to this recall

<a href="https://govinfonow.com/recall/65197-ge-healthcare-oec-9900-c-arm-fluoroscopy-system-dose-display">GE Healthcare OEC 9900 C-Arm Fluoroscopy System: Dose Display Configuration Issue (GovInfoNow)</a>

Where this comes from

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-2872-2020 (May 8, 2020) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-2872-2020 to see it in context.
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