FDA recall D-626-2013

Product

Heparin Sodium and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, a) Product code 2B0944, 2000 USP Units, Viaflex Plus Container, 1000mL, (NDC 0338-0433-04), b) Product code 2B0953: 1000 USP Units, Viaflex Plus Container, 500 mL (NDC 0338-0431-03), Baxter, Deerfield, IL 60015

Reason for recall

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Specific lot numbers of these products have been identified for potential administration port leakage. The potential for leakage is the result of a manufacturing issue which occurred during the sealing of the closure assembly at the administration port.

Distribution

Nationwide & Puerto Rico

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2013-05-21

Report date

2013-07-10

Termination date

2015-06-18

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Deerfield, IL, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-626-2013