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      "status": "Terminated",
      "city": "Andover",
      "state": "MA",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "72344",
      "recalling_firm": "Philips Electronics North  America Corporation",
      "address_1": "3000 Minuteman Rd",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "01810-1032",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including Puerto Rico, and the countries of AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ARGENTINA, ARUBA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska), CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HONG KONG, Hungary, ICELAND, India, INDONESIA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Iraq, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, Jordan, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LAOS, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, Mauritius, Mexico, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, Myanmar (Burma), NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, NEW CALEDONIA, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, State of Palestine, PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVENIA, SOUTH, AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI, LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED, ARAB, EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, and YEMEN",
      "recall_number": "Z-0320-2016",
      "product_description": "Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator; M3535A, M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536MC, M3536M2, M3536M4, M3536M5, M3536M6.    For use for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.",
      "product_quantity": "81,161",
      "reason_for_recall": "The following MRx software issue has been identified: MRx model M3535A with software version F.03.06 and earlier, and model M3536A with version T.00.05 and earlier may stop the automated Ready-For-Use (RFU) test in an abnormal state when the device is turned off.",
      "recall_initiation_date": "20151014",
      "center_classification_date": "20151120",
      "termination_date": "20180913",
      "report_date": "20151202",
      "code_info": "Devices manufactured prior to June 4, 2015. Affected serial numbers range from US00100100 - US00587045."
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