Heparin Sodium and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, a) Product code 2B0944, 2000 USP Units, Viaflex Plus Container, 1000mL, (NDC 0338-0433-04), b) Product code 2B0953: 1000 USP Units, Viaflex Plus Container, 500 mL (NDC 0338-0431-03), Baxter, Deerfield, IL 60015
Drug Recall
Official source record
- Recall number
- D-626-2013
- Event ID
- 65288
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recalling company
- Baxter Healthcare Corp.
- Reason for recall
- Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Specific lot numbers of these products have been identified for potential administration port leakage. The potential for leakage is the result of a manufacturing issue which occurred during the sealing of the closure assembly at the administration port.
- Report date
- July 10, 2013
- Recall initiation date
- May 21, 2013
- Termination date
- June 18, 2015
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide & Puerto Rico
Drug product identifiers
- Manufacturer
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Brand name
- HEPARIN SODIUM IN SODIUM CHLORIDE
- Generic name
- HEPARIN SODIUM
- Substance name
- HEPARIN SODIUM
- Product NDCs
- 0338-0424; 0338-0428; 0338-0431; 0338-0433
- Package NDCs
- 0338-0424-18; 0338-0428-12; 0338-0431-03; 0338-0433-04
- Route
- INTRAVENOUS
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