Class I · High risk
C-Progesterone Oil 100 Mg/Ml
Non-Sterility
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
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Metoclopramide Injection USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Methylprednisolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Leucovorin Calcium for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Betadine (Povidone-Iodine)
Defective container; syringe content migrating past the seal of the plunger may cause a lack of assurance of sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange 2% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Product is being recalled because at labeled storage conditions of 30*C/75% Relative Humidity, there is the potential for growth of Aspergillus penicillioides, a type of fungus, resulting in a breach of the package integrity.
Class II · Moderate risk
BD ChloraPrep Clear
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Product is being recalled because at labeled storage conditions of 30*C/75% Relative Humidity, there is the potential for growth of Aspergillus penicillioides, a type of fungus, resulting in a breach of the package integrity.
Class I · High risk
BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange 2% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate
Non-sterility.Product is being recalled because at labeled storage conditions of 30*C/75% Relative Humidity, growth of Aspergillus penicillioides, a type of fungus, resulted in a breach of the package integrity.
Class I · High risk
BD ChloraPrep Clear
Non-sterility.Product is being recalled because at labeled storage conditions of 30*C/75% Relative Humidity, growth of Aspergillus penicillioides, a type of fungus, resulted in a breach of the package integrity.
Class II · Moderate risk
Phenylephrine HCl Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: customer complaints of loose crimped vial overseals which may result in a non-sterile product.
Class II · Moderate risk
Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Leucovorin Calcium for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
MethyIPREDNISolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
MethyIPREDNISolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
MethyIPREDNISolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
MethyIPREDNISolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Epoprostenol Sodium for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Vecuronium Bromide for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Toposar (etoposide injection USP)
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Metoclopramide Injection USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Leucovorin Calcium for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
MethyIPREDNISolone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
Class II · Moderate risk
Epoprostenol Sodium for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.
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