# FDA recall D-0973-2017

> **Baxter Healthcare Corporation** · Class II · drug recall initiated 2017-07-06.

## Product

0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 100 mL VIAFLEX  Container, Rx Only, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield IL 60015 USA, Product Code: 2B1309, NDC: 0338-0049-38

## Reason for recall

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Bags have the potential to leak.

## Distribution

Nationwide, Puerto Rico and Saudi Arabia

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** D-0973-2017
- **Recalling firm:** Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** drug
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2017-07-06
- **Report date:** 2017-07-19
- **Termination date:** 2020-04-29

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Deerfield, IL, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-0973-2017

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall D-0973-2017. Retrieved 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/D-0973-2017. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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