Z-1746-2017 Class II Terminated
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Devices
- Report Date
- April 12, 2017
- Initiation Date
- March 16, 2017
- Termination Date
- May 1, 2018
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Product Quantity
- 13,064,500 tubes (non-expired)
Product Description
BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tubes, 4.5 mL, 13 x 75 mm, Mfd: Becton Dickinson and Company Product Usage: The BD Vacutainer Safety Coagulation tube is an evacuated blood collection Tube that provides means of collecting, transporting and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anti-coagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays and determinations.
Reason for Recall
BD is initiating this product correction of multiple lots of BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tube (13x75 mm x 4.5 mL). A limited number of tubes in these lots may exhibit stopper pullout from the tube as the user removes the needle from the stopper following specimen collection.
Distribution Pattern
Worldwide - US Nationwide Distribution
Code Information
Catalog Number: 367716 - Lot numbers: 5251673 with expiry 3/31/2017; 6064542 with expiry 9/30/17; 6187520 with expiry 1/31/2018 and 6253669 with expiy 3/31/18 Catalog Number: 369714 - Lot numbers: 5272777 with expiry 4/30/17; 5336909 with expiry 6/30/17; 5357632 with expiry 7/31/17; 6040953 and 6064634 both with expiry 9/30/17; 6090572 with expiry 10/31/17; 6124932 with expiry 11/30/17; 6173983 with expiry 12/31/17; 6187600 with expiry 1/31/18 and 6216656 with expiry 2/28/18 Lot numbers 6064542, 6187520 and 6253669 - limited to distribution outside the U.S. market. UDI for lot 6253669 is DI (01)30382903677161, PI (17)180331(10)6253669(30)0100 and lot 6216656 is DI (01)30382903697145, PI (17)180228(10)6216656(30)0100; for all other lots UDI is not applicable based on manufacture date.