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Ampicillin for Injection, USP, 500 mg per vial, single vial (NDC 0781-3407-78) packaged in 10-count shrink wrap packs (NDC 0781-3407-95), Rx only, Manufactured in Austria by Sandoz GmbH or Sandoz Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540.

Drug Recall

Official source record

Recall number
D-1179-2017
Event ID
78169
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling company
Sandoz Inc
Reason for recall
Labeling: Missing Label: customer complaint that some vials of ampicillin within the shrink wrap pack are missing labels.
Report date
October 4, 2017
Recall initiation date
September 25, 2017
Termination date
April 8, 2019
Distribution pattern
Nationwide in the USA and Puerto Rico

Drug product identifiers

Manufacturer
Sandoz Inc
Brand name
AMPICILLIN
Generic name
AMPICILLIN SODIUM
Substance name
AMPICILLIN SODIUM
Product NDCs
0781-3400; 0781-3402; 0781-3404; 0781-3407; 0781-3408
Package NDCs
0781-3400-78; 0781-3400-95; 0781-3402-78; 0781-3402-95; 0781-3404-85; 0781-3404-95; 0781-3407-78; 0781-3407-95; 0781-3408-80; 0781-3408-95
Routes
INTRAMUSCULAR; INTRAVENOUS

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