FDA recall D-629-2013

Product

Metronidazole Injection USP, RTU, 500 mg/100mL in Viaflex Plus Container, Baxter, Deerfield, IL 60015, NDC 0338-1055-48

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-629-2013