Class II · Moderate risk
norepinephrine Bitartrate
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; blue Break-Off-Part could detach from the administration port
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
Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Quality system deficiencies identified during a routine U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection at the contract manufacturer.
Class II · Moderate risk
Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Quality system deficiencies identified during a routine U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection at the contract manufacturer.
Class II · Moderate risk
Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Quality system deficiencies identified during a routine U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection at the contract manufacturer.
Class II · Moderate risk
CUROSURF (poractant alfa)
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Lanreotide Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Due to an FDA observation at the contract manufacturing site for deficiencies in their visual inspection procedure.
Class II · Moderate risk
Lanreotide Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Due to an FDA observation at the contract manufacturing site for deficiencies in their visual inspection procedure.
Class II · Moderate risk
5% Dextrose Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
5% Dextrose Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
5% Dextrose Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
0.45% Sodium Chloride Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Semaglutide-Glycine-Cyanocobalamin Injectable
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution 0.2%/0.5%*
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Artificial Tears Sterile Lubricant Eye Drops
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Sterile Eye Drops Soothing Tears
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
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