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Event 71633

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 23, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Becton Dickinson & Company

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

BD Vacutainer SST Plus Blood Collection Tubes, 5.0 mL, 13 x 100 mm, Sterile. Provides a means of collecting, transporting, separating, and processing blood in a closed tube.

Z-2434-2015
Recall number
Z-2434-2015
Initiated
June 23, 2015
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Quantity
238, 000 (Lot #5133959) and 243,000 (Lot #5133957)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Some of the tubes were manufactured with stoppers that did not meet current manufacturing specifications. Stoppers were manufactured with a reduced cycle cure time.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Some of the tubes were manufactured with stoppers that did not meet current manufacturing specifications. Stoppers were manufactured with a reduced cycle cure time.

Code information

REF #367986, Lot #'s 5133957 and 5133959

Distribution pattern

Distributed in FL, IL, MA, MI, MO, PA and TN.