Class I · High risk
Delsam Pharma's Artificial Eye Ointment
Non-Sterility: FDA analysis found unopened tubes to be contaminated with bacteria.
Artificial Tears
Class I — High risk. Reasonable probability of serious harm or death.
Why it was recalled
Non-Sterility: FDA analysis found unopened products to have bacterial contamination.
Cause type: 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. All sterility / contamination recalls.
What was recalled
Artificial Tears (Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium) Lubricant Eye Drops, 10 MG in 1 ml, 1/2 fl oz (15 ml) bottle, Distributed by. EzriCare, LLC, Lakewood, NJ, NDC 79503-0101-15.
Affected NDC
79503-0101-15
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Category: Eye Drops & Ophthalmic
- Recalling firm
- Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited
- NDC code
- 79503-0101-15
- Origin
- N/A, India
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0919-2023 · 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.
Other recalls by Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited
All 2023 recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
Delsam Pharma's ARTIFICIAL TEARS
CGMP Deviations: All other lots of eye drops are being recalled due to CGMP Deviations because they were manufactured in the same facility under the same conditions as the lots found to be contaminated.
Class I · High risk
Delsam Pharma's ARTIFICIAL TEARS
Non-Sterility: FDA analysis found unopened products to have bacterial contamination.
Class II · Moderate risk
Artificial Tears
CGMP Deviations: All other lots of eye drops are being recalled due to CGMP Deviations because they were manufactured in the same facility under the same conditions as the lots found to be contaminated.
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