Recalls / Class II
Class IID-0390-2015
Product
Vancomycin Hydrochloride for Injection, USP, 1 g Sterile Powder per Fliptop Vial, packaged in 10 Units per carton, Rx only, Hospira Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, NDC 0409-6533-01.
- Brand name
- Vancomycin Hydrochloride
- Generic name
- Vancomycin Hydrochloride
- Active ingredient
- Vancomycin Hydrochloride
- Route
- Intravenous
- NDCs
- 0409-3515, 0409-6531, 0409-6533, 0409-4332
- FDA application
- ANDA062912
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot #: 35-315-DD; Exp 1NOV2015
Why it was recalled
Temperature Abuse: Products experienced uncontrolled temperature excursions during transit.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Hospira Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Hospira, Inc.
- Notification channel
- Telephone
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 275 N Field Dr, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045-2579
Distribution
- Quantity
- 90,600 vials
- Distribution pattern
- Distribution limited to one shipment to The Harvard Drug Group, Livonia, MI for the lots of Vancomycin 500 mg, Ketorolac tromethamine 60 mg/2 mL (30 mg/mL), and Propofol 1% 200 mg/20 mL (10 mg/mL), these lots remained within the control of the distributor and were not further distributed. Distribution was Nationwide for the Vancomycin 1 g product.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2014-10-06
- FDA classified
- 2015-02-13
- Posted by FDA
- 2015-02-25
- Terminated
- 2016-12-15
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Drug Enforcement endpoint. Recall record D-0390-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.