Oxytocin for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class I — High risk. Reasonable probability of serious harm or death.
Subpotent Drug: Testing revealed there was no oxytocin in the IV bag.
Cause type: Wrong potency / content
Sub- or super-potent product, or a failed content-uniformity / assay test. You may receive too little or too much active ingredient - a direct dosing risk. All wrong potency / content recalls.
Oxytocin 30 Units/500 mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride for intravenous use, Rx only, IntegraDose Compounding Services LLC, 719 Kasota Ave Se, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2842 NDC 71139-0012-1
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Drug: Oxytocin
Treat this as urgent. Class I means FDA judged there is a reasonable probability of serious harm. Find the lot number on your package; if it matches the recalled lots, do not take another dose before you have spoken to your pharmacist or prescriber - today, not next week.
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
cGMP violations
Labeling: Not Elsewhere Classified
Lack of Assurance of Sterility:Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Lack of Assurance of Sterility:Lack of validation data for sanitization cycles
Subpotent Drug
Subpotent Drug
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: leaking bags
Sub-potent drug: failure to maintain potency through the duration of the labeled expiration/beyond-use date.
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