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Event 74045

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 28, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Excelsior Medical Corp

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

Excelsior Disposable Syringe Heparin Lock Flush, USP syringe (5 mL Fill in 10 mL syringe). For flushing of IV catheters and IV tubing only.

Z-1989-2016
Recall number
Z-1989-2016
Initiated
April 28, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Excelsior Medical Corp
Quantity
184,500

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Certain lots of Heparin Lock Flush, USP Syringes (5 ml Fill in 10 ml Syringe) failed Anti-Factor IIa assay for potency during testing of retention samples for heparin potency.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Certain lots of Heparin Lock Flush, USP Syringes (5 ml Fill in 10 ml Syringe) failed Anti-Factor IIa assay for potency during testing of retention samples for heparin potency.

Code information

Product Code, Lot number, Expiration date. 513604 3123326 7/1/2016 E0500-55 3123349 7/1/2016 513602 3126577 8/1/2017

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution.