Use cautionMedical device recall · FDA · Published October 11, 2019
GE Healthcare Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1: Panel Closure Risk
GE Healthcare recalls Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmers due to potential patient falls from unsecured panels. Affected units include all model numbers with specific identifiers.
Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed, Giraffe Incubator Carestation, and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation Bedside panels and portholes can appear closed without being latched. Potential patient fall.
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📍Recalling firmGE Healthcare, LLC3000 N Grandview Blvd · Waukesha, WI 53188-1615
“GE Healthcare Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1: Panel Closure Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/66797-ge-healthcare-giraffe-incubator-carestation-cs1-panel-closure-risk. Based on FDA recall #Z-0540-2020 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0540-2020%22&limit=1).
GE Healthcare LLC voluntarily recalled Giraffe Incubator Carestation infant warmers on Oct. 11, 2019, according to the FDA. The devices pose a potential patient fall hazard because bedside panels and portholes can appear closed without being latched.
Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed, Giraffe Incubator Carestation, and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation bedside panels and portholes can appear closed without being latched. This defect creates a potential patient fall hazard.
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 Medical Systems Giraffe OmniBed FRU Recall (May 1, 2026) and GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier MRI Scanners May Have Steel Fittings Risking Injury (Feb. 27, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for model numbers starting with 2082844-002-XXXXXX on the Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer. All units with these model numbers are affected.
Brand
GE Healthcare
Category
Medical device
FDA recall event · 4 products
All 4 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
Recall number
Product, codes & lots
Quantity
Z-0538-2020
Giraffe OmniBed infant warmer; Model Numbers: 6650-0XXX-XXX 2074920-00X-XXXXXX M1050205 M1136116 M1136215 M1139253 M1145528 M1145529 M1146094 M1149051 M1149079 M1149081 M1149087 M1149108 M1161324 M1161328 M1161338 M1162796 M1206147 M1235957 Updated 6/3/2021 - All model numbers and units are affected.
23,693 units
Z-0539-2020
Giraffe OmniBed Carestation, Model Numbers: 2082844-001-XXXXXX; Giraffe OmniBed Carestation CS1, Model Numbers: 2082844-001-XXXXXXXX. infant warmer; Giraffe OmniBed Carestation, Model Numbers: 2082844-001-XXXXXX Giraffe OmniBed Carestation CS1, Model Numbers: 2082844-001-XXXXXXXX Updated 6/3/2021 - All model numbers and units are affected.
7814 units
Z-0540-2020
Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Giraffe Incubator Carestation CS1 infant warmer; Giraffe Incubator Carestation, Model Numbers:2082844-002-XXXXXX Updated 6/3/2021 - All model numbers and units are affected.
3467 units
Z-0541-2020
Giraffe Incubator infant warmer; Model Numbers: 6651-XXXX-XXX 2074921-00X-XXXXXX M1050206 M1050207 M1136120 M1136222 M1136226 M1138367 M1145526 M1145527 M1146091 M1146092 M1148634 M1161351 M1161353 M1161357 M1206149 M1235958 Updated 6/3/2021 - All model numbers and units are affected.
19425 units
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Panel Latching
Ensure bedside panels are securely latched before use to prevent accidental closure.
How this recall unfolded
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4.8 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.
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Official source: FDA Recall #Z-0540-2020 (October 11, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0540-2020 to see it in context.
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