Class II · Moderate risk
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride Injectable Solution
cGMP deviations.
PHENYLephrine HCl 20 mg per 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride
Class I — High risk. Reasonable probability of serious harm or death.
Why it was recalled
Superpotent Drug: semi-automated IV bag filling system can malfunction and provide a double dose of drug product to IV bags.
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.
What was recalled
PHENYLephrine HCl 20 mg per 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride (80 mcg per mL), Item F3360, for IV use only; Leiters 13796 Compark Blvd Englewood, CO 80112; NDC 71449-148-94.
Affected NDC
71449-0148-94
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Drug: Phenylephrine
- Recalling firm
- Denver Solutions, LLC DBA Leiters Health
- NDC code
- 71449-148-94
- Origin
- CO, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0279-2024 · FDA notice
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.
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