Z-2259-2018 Class II Terminated
FDA device recall Z-2259-2018 was initiated by Becton Dickinson & Company on Apr 11, 2018 and is designated Class II. Reason for recall: Approximately 3.4% of BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tubes (2.7mL) (light blue top tube) will exhibit over fill draw volumes from ~11-14%. The recall status is terminated (terminated May 10, 2019).
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Devices
- Report Date
- Jun 27, 2018
- Initiation Date
- Apr 11, 2018
- Termination Date
- May 10, 2019
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
Product Description
The BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides a means of collecting, transporting, and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anticoagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays.
Reason for Recall
Approximately 3.4% of BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tubes (2.7mL) (light blue top tube) will exhibit over fill draw volumes from ~11-14%.
Distribution Pattern
US/PR-All 50 states and PR Global-AR, BO, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CO, CR, CW, DO, EC, GT, GY, IN, JM, JP, KR, MX, NI, PA, PE, SG, SR, SV, TT, TW, UY, VI Dates of distribution: June 2, 2017 to the present.
Code Information
All lots
Source
- Dataset
- openFDA device recall enforcement reports
- FDA record
- This recall in openFDA (JSON)
- Enforcement Report
- Search FDA's Enforcement Report for Z-2259-2018
- openFDA file date
- Oct 23, 2026
- Loaded by RegDataLab
- Oct 26, 2026