Use cautionMedical device recall · FDA · Published November 25, 2019
GE Carestation 620/650/650c A2 Anesthesia Systems Recall: Loose Cable Risk
GE Healthcare recalls Carestation 620/650/650c A2 anesthesia systems due to potential loose cable connections causing loss of mechanical ventilation. Affected units may require immediate attention to prevent hypoxia.
GE Healthcare has become aware that there is a potential for a loose cable connection inside specific manufactured anesthesia devices. This would cause a loss of mechanical ventilation and the system will provide high priority audio and visual alarms. Loss of mechanical ventilation could lead to hypoxia if the clinician does not intervene.
Take action
Contact the company
📍Recalling firmGE Healthcare, LLC3000 N Grandview Blvd · Waukesha, WI 53188-1615
✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer
GE Healthcare is recalling specific models of anesthesia machines (Carestation 620/650/650c A2) because a loose cable connection could cause loss of mechanical ventilation. If a clinician doesn't intervene, this could lead to hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) in patients. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/66431-ge-carestation-620-650-650c-a2-anesthesia-systems-recall-loose.
“GE Carestation 620/650/650c A2 Anesthesia Systems Recall: Loose Cable Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/66431-ge-carestation-620-650-650c-a2-anesthesia-systems-recall-loose. Based on FDA recall #Z-0814-2020 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0814-2020%22&limit=1).
GE Healthcare LLC recalled Carestation 620/650/650c A2 anesthesia systems on Nov. 25, 2019, after the FDA announced a Class I recall due to potential loose cable connections that could cause loss of mechanical ventilation. The Food and Drug Administration issued the recall for devices distributed worldwide.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: GE Healthcare
Product: Carestation 620/650/650c A2 anesthesia systems
CARESTATION 620 A2, Model number 1012-9620-002, Serial numbers starting with SM618360007WA through SM619170052WA
CARESTATION 650 A2, Model Number 1012-9650-002, Serial numbers starting with SM718340013WA through SM719135002WA
CARESTATION 650C A2, Model Number 1012-9655-002, Serial numbers SM818370001WA, SM818480001WA, SM818480005WA
Distribution: Worldwide including US, Canada, Australia, and others
The hazard
GE Healthcare stated that a loose cable connection inside specific manufactured anesthesia devices could cause a loss of mechanical ventilation. The system will provide high priority audio and visual alarms if this occurs. Loss of mechanical ventilation could lead to hypoxia if the clinician does not intervene.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show GE Healthcare LLC has 97 other recalls on record since Oct. 4, 2017. Other recent recalls of similar products include GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier MRI Scanners May Have Steel Fittings Risking Injury (Feb. 27, 2026), GE Centricity Universal Viewer 6.0/7.0/8.0: Inaccurate Distance Measurements (July 15, 2022), and GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier MRI Scanner Recall: Risk of Hearing Loss from Acoustic Noise (June 24, 2022). Other recent recalls of similar products include GE Healthcare Carestation Anesthesia System Power Board Recall: Risk of Ventilation Disruption (Nov. 14, 2025), GE Healthcare Carestation Anesthesia Systems May Shut Down During Power Loss (Nov. 14, 2025), and GE Healthcare Carestation Anesthesia Systems May Shut Down During Power Outages (Nov. 14, 2025).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the Carestation 620 A2 (model 1012-9620-002), Carestation 650 A2 (model 1012-9650-002), or Carestation 650c A2 (model 1012-9655-002) with specific serial numbers listed in the recall notice. These units were manufactured with certain lot/serial numbers.
Brand
GE Healthcare
Category
Medical device
FDA recall event · 2 products
All 2 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 I
Status
Terminated
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and countries of: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia and Hrvatska, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Viet Nam.
Inspect the device for any loose cables inside the anesthesia system. If found, stop using the device immediately.
Contact GE Healthcare
Reach out to GE Healthcare for guidance on next steps or to confirm if your device is affected.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.
Nationwide
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and countries of: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia and Hrvatska, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic,…” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4 years after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class I
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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-0814-2020 (November 25, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0814-2020 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 19, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
GovInfoNow is an independent service and is not a government agency. We republish official FDA recall data; we don’t issue, amend or administer recalls.