0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Presence of Particulate Matter.
National Drug Code
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
5 FDA recalls name the code 0409-7983-02 directly. A recall still applies to particular lot numbers — compare the lot on your package with the FDA notice below, and talk to your pharmacist before stopping a prescribed medication.
This code is not in the current FDA NDC directory — usual for a product that has since been discontinued or repackaged. The details below come from the recall notices themselves.
Presence of Particulate Matter.
CGMP Deviations
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; bags have the potential to leak
Lack of assurance of sterility: Bags have potential to leak.
Presence of Particulate Matter; stainless steel
Presence of Particulate Matter: Confirmed finding of human hair floating in IV solution.
Presence of Particulate Matter; Hospira has identified the particulate as a human hair, sealed in the bag at the additive port area.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Potential of punctures through the overwrap and primary container which may result in IV bag leaks.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility:Solution leaking through the port cover of the primary container, which was identified during a retain sample visual inspection.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: The product has the potential for solution to leak at or near the administrative port of the primary container.
Presence of Particulate Matter: reports of small grey/brown particles found in the primary container identified as brass particulates
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Hospira, Inc is voluntarily recalling the products due to possible leaking bags.
Where to find this code. The NDC is printed on the pharmacy label and on the manufacturer's carton, usually as three groups of digits after “NDC”. The last group is the package size — two bottles of the same medicine can differ only in that group, and a recall may cover one but not the other.
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