Class III · Low risk
Bupivacaine HCl 0.25% 270 mL Total Volume in an ON-Q Pump in 0.9%…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Labeling errors & mix-ups
Wrong label, wrong strength, mixed-up products, or packaging errors. One of the most dangerous causes - you can end up taking the wrong drug or the wrong dose.
1,411 FDA drug recalls with this cause, newest first.
This is exactly what it sounds like: the wrong label on the right product, the wrong strength printed on the bottle, a missing or illegible lot number and expiry date, or two products mixed up during packaging. It is dangerous precisely because the pill or liquid itself may be fine, yet the patient has no way of knowing what they are actually taking. A high share of the Class I recalls in this group are mix-ups where a stronger product ended up in a weaker product's packaging.
Class III · Low risk
Ropivacaine HCl 0.2% 550 mL Total Volume in an AutoFuser Pump in…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Class III · Low risk
Ropivacaine HCl 0.2% 750 mL Total Volume in an ON-Q Pump in 0.9%…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Class III · Low risk
Ropivacaine HCl 0.2% 500 mL Total Volume in an ON-Q Pump in 0.9%…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Class III · Low risk
Ropivacaine HCl 0.2% 500 mL Total Volume in an ON-Q Pump in 0.9%…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Class III · Low risk
Ropivacaine HCl 0.2% 400 mL Total Volume in an ON-Q Pump in 0.9%…
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
Class III · Low risk
PreviDent 5000 ppm
Label Mix up; rear panel is incorrectly labeled with the PreviDent 5000 Enamel Protect rear panel.
Class III · Low risk
Q Care Continue Care Kit for the non-ventilated patient
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date: The expiration date of the Q Care Continue Care kit is printed with an expiration date of November 13, 2017; rather than the correct date of August 28, 2017 (date of expiration of the Corinz Antiseptic Cleansing & Moisturizing Oral Rinse). Note, the correct expiration date of August 28, 2017, is printed on the Corinz Oral Rinse package.
Class II · Moderate risk
Transderm Scop
Labeling: Incorrect Instructions:outer carton contains the incorrect instructions for Step 2 stating "Do cut the patch" rather than the correct instructions of "Do not cut the patch". The pouch containing the patch is labeled correctly.
Class III · Low risk
Buffered Lidocaine
Labeling; Label Mixup; outer packaging is incorrectly labeled as Buffered Lidocaine 1% instead of correctly as Buffered Lidocaine 0.9%
Class III · Low risk
Taclonex (calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate)
Labeling: Incorrect or missing package insert: the affected product was packaged with an out-of-date package insert (PI) dated February 2014.
Class III · Low risk
Toms of Maine Naturally Dry Natural Powder Antiperspirant Stick
Labeling: Label Mix Up- Incorrect back label applied to the product.
Class III · Low risk
Techni-Care Surgical Hand Scrub and Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date - Product is missing or has illegible lot and expiry codes, as well as defective or cracked caps.
Class III · Low risk
Amoxicillin for Oral suspension
Labeling: Label Error on Declared Strength: Some bottles miss a color coded panel where the strength of the product is typically displayed.
Class III · Low risk
FIRST Omeprazole 2mg/mL in FIRST PPI Suspension Compounding Kit
Labeling: Label error on declared strength. Package Insert -Error in the Description section of the package insert refers to the strength as 3mg per mL; however it should state 2mg per mL
Class III · Low risk
FIRST Omeprazole 2mg/mL in FIRST PPI Suspension Compounding Kit
Labeling: Label error on declared strength. Package Insert -Error in the Description section of the package insert refers to the strength as 3mg per mL; however it should state 2mg per mL
Class III · Low risk
Ceftriaxone for Injection
Labeling: Missing Label
Class III · Low risk
Invokamet (canagliflozin and metformin HCl)
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Package Insert - Xarelto prescribing information outserts may be affixed to the exterior of Invokamet bottles in place of the Invokamet prescribing information outsert.
Class III · Low risk
Zeasorb AF
Labeling Not Elsewhere Classified: front labels have the incorrect NDC or 0145-1506-01 instead of the correct NDC of 0145-1506-05 and some back labels have the incorrect indication stating "use for the cure of most jock itch" rather than "use for the cure of most athlete's foot".
Class III · Low risk
HCG-Vitamin B12 5000 IU-8 mg in 10 mL vial
Labeling; Error on Declared Strength; product description incorrectly states HCG 7500 units instead of 5000 units. The primary panel is correct
Class III · Low risk
PREMARIN (conjugated estrogen tablets, USP)
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date: Bottles were incorrectly labeled with an expiry date of 11/17; the correct date is 09/17.
Class III · Low risk
Xanax (Alprazolam)
Labeling: Missing Label-Primary packaging label (i.e. blister card) is blank and contains no product information (e.g. product name, strength, lot number, expiry).
Class III · Low risk
Lansoprazole Delayed-Release Capsules
Labeling: Label mix-up. The inner packaging was properly labeled Omeprazole DR 40mg Capsules, but the outer secondary packaging was mislabeled Lansoprazole Delayed-Release 30mg Capsules.
Class III · Low risk
Mozobil (plerixafor injection)
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Package Insert
Class III · Low risk
Ramipril Capsules
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot And/or Exp Date: Bottles labeled with the incorrect expiration date of 03/18 rather than 09/17.
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