Class II · Moderate risk
morphine in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Sterility & contamination
A product that must be sterile could not be assured sterile, or was contaminated. A top reason for injectables, eye drops and IV products - loss of sterility assurance can lead to serious infections.
6,317 FDA drug recalls with this cause, newest first.
This is the single biggest cause in the register by a wide margin. It covers products that had to be sterile - injectables, eye drops, certain ointments - but could not be verified sterile, or were found contaminated during testing. Most of these recalls come from compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities after an FDA inspection finds gaps in how sterile products were made. Sterility failures are treated seriously because the products involved have the least room for error, going straight into the bloodstream or the eye.
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in Dextrose 5%
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
succinylcholine
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone added to 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in dextrose 5%
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
vecuronium
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
HYDROmorphone in 0.9% sodium chloride
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL in dextrose 5%
Lack of assurance of sterility: Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Class II · Moderate risk
Cardioplegia Solution
Lack of assurance of sterility. Validation data for decontamination cycles is lacking.
Class II · Moderate risk
Cardioplegia Solution
Lack of assurance of sterility. Validation data for decontamination cycles is lacking.
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