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.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; All lots of sterile products compounded by the pharmacy within expiry are subject to this recall. This recall is initiated due to concerns associated with quality control procedures observed during a recent FDA inspection.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; All lots of sterile products compounded by the pharmacy within expiry are subject to this recall. This recall is initiated due to concerns associated with quality control procedures observed during a recent FDA inspection.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; All lots of sterile products compounded by the pharmacy within expiry are subject to this recall. This recall is initiated due to concerns associated with quality control procedures observed during a recent FDA inspection.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; All lots of sterile products compounded by the pharmacy within expiry are subject to this recall. This recall is initiated due to concerns associated with quality control procedures observed during a recent FDA inspection.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Lack of sterility assurance in compounded aseptically filled injectable products.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: A particle excursion for a different batch of the same product may lead to a lack of sterility assurance.
Non-sterility: due to a failed sterility test
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