FDA recall D-597-2013

Product

Cefazolin, injection, 1 gram per vial, 25 vials per box, sterile, Rx only, single-use vial, Manufactured in Austria by Sandoz GmbH for Sandoz, Inc. Princeton, NJ 08540, NDC 00781-3451-70 (vial), NDC 00781-3451-96 (box)

Reason for recall

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Sandoz Inc is recalling Cefazolin for Injection, USP 1 gm vials, lot DB2208, due to a customer complaint for broken/cracked vials which was confirmed through review of retained samples.

Distribution

Nationwide and Puerto Rico.

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2013-05-30

Report date

2013-06-19

Termination date

2014-07-07

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Broomfield, CO, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-597-2013