Class II · Moderate risk
Cyclosporine 2% ophthalmic
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes.
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
Cyclosporine 1% ophthalmic drops
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes.
Class II · Moderate risk
Cataract drops
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes.
Class II · Moderate risk
Acetylcysteine 2 % Solution
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes.
Class II · Moderate risk
Acetylcysteine 20 % solution
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes.
Class II · Moderate risk
Acetylcysteine 10 % Solution
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes
Class II · Moderate risk
Avastin
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; product linked to adverse event reports of endophthalimitis eye infections and FDA inspection findings resulted in concerns regarding quality control processes
Class II · Moderate risk
Sodium Acetate Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial.
Class II · Moderate risk
QUELICIN (succinylcholine chloride)
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial.
Class II · Moderate risk
Furosemide Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial.
Class II · Moderate risk
Diazepam Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial.
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: The product is being recall due to the product lot being incorrectly released without meeting product specifications. There is the potential for the solution to leak from the administrative port to the fill tube seal.
Class II · Moderate risk
METRONIDazole Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: There is the potential for the solution to leak from the administrative port to the fill tube seal.
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: There is a potential for the solution to leak from the administration port of the primary container.
Class I · High risk
Lactated Ringer's and 5% Dextrose Injection
Non-Sterility: Confirmed customer complaint of product contaminated with mold.
Class II · Moderate risk
Furosemide Injection USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; possible loose crimp applied to fliptop vial
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: There is the potential for solution to leak from the administrative port to the fill tube seal.
Class I · High risk
Mitosol (mitomycin for solution)
Non-Sterility: one or more components of the kit have been found to be contaminated with yeast.
Class I · High risk
Cyanocobalamin 1000 mcg/ml
Non-Sterility: Green Valley Drugs received positive sterility results from their testing lab on two lots of Methylprednisolone Preservative Free 40 mg/mL injectable suspension and one lot of Cyanocobalamin 1000 mcg/mL injection, 30 mL MDV.
Class I · High risk
Methylprednisolone Preservative Free 40 mg/ml Injectible Suspension
Non-Sterility: Green Valley Drugs received positive sterility results from their testing lab on two lots of Methylprednisolone Preservative Free 40 mg/mL injectable suspension and one lot of Cyanocobalamin 1000 mcg/mL injection, 30 mL MDV.
Class III · Low risk
TORISEL Kit
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; potential that a low level of endotoxins may be present in the diluent vials.
Class II · Moderate risk
Nalbuphine HCl Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Complains of a loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial; and a missing stopper and flip cap were received and therefore sterility cannot be assured.
Class II · Moderate risk
VIVITROL (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension)
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Product did not meet the criteria for container closure integrity testing during routine 24 month stability testing.
Class II · Moderate risk
All Sterile Products manufactured by Ameridose LLC
Lack of assurance of sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
HEXTEND 6% Hetastarch in Lactated Electrolyte Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: There is the potential for the solution to leak from the seal of the fill tube to the bag.
Free recall alerts
Know the day your medication is recalled
Tell us what you take. When FDA posts a recall announcement or classifies a recall for one of your medications, we email you in plain English, with what to check. No account needed.