Class II · Moderate risk
Artesunate for Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Air filter failed post integrity test leading to a lack of sterility assurance.
Artesunate Lyophilized Powder for Injection
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Penicillin Cross Contamination: Multiple finished products potentially contaminated with penicillin.
Cause type: Cross-contamination
Traces of another drug - most often penicillin - got into the product from shared equipment or facilities. Even trace penicillin can trigger a severe allergic reaction in someone who was never meant to receive it. All cross-contamination recalls.
What was recalled
Artesunate Lyophilized Powder for Injection, 60 mg per vial, Rx only, Manufactured by Park Compounding, Irvine, CA
Drug: Artesunate
- Recalling firm
- South Coast Specialty Compounding, Inc.
- Origin
- CA, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-1340-2015 · FDA notice
Check, then ask. Class II means harm is possible but usually temporary or reversible. Find the lot number on your package; if it matches, ask your pharmacist about a replacement. Do not simply stop a prescribed medication on your own - the gap can be riskier than the recall. This recall is now terminated, which means the firm has finished removing the affected product; anything on pharmacy shelves today should be unaffected.
Other Artesunate recalls
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Class II · Moderate risk
Artesunate active pharmaceutical ingredient packaged in varying…
Penicillin Cross Contamination: All lots of all products repackaged and distributed between 01/05/12 and 02/12/15 are being recalled because they were repackaged in a facility with penicillin products without adequate separation which could introduce the potential for cross contamination with penicillin.
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All 2015 recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
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Penicillin Cross Contamination: Multiple finished products potentially contaminated with penicillin.
Class II · Moderate risk
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Penicillin Cross Contamination: Multiple finished products potentially contaminated with penicillin.
Class II · Moderate risk
Estradiol cream
Penicillin Cross Contamination: Multiple finished products potentially contaminated with penicillin.
Class II · Moderate risk
Bi-Est (estriol,estradiol)
Penicillin Cross Contamination: Multiple finished products potentially contaminated with penicillin.
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