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DEXAMETHASONE/BACTERIOSTATIC WATER IONTOPHORESIS 0.5MG/5ML(0.1MG/ML) INJECTABL 30 ML (1 PRODUCT) 40 ML DEXAMETHASONE SDPF (0.1ML SYRINGE, 31G, 5/16" ) 0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 0.3 ML 0.5 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 10MG/ML (1%) INJECTABLE 0.05 ML 1 ML 16 ML 2 ML 24 ML 3 ML 32 ML 8 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 4MG/ML (0.4%) INJECTABLE 0.4 ML 2 ML 3 ML 5 ML 6 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 80MG/ML (8%) INJECTABLE 100 ML 40 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 8MG/ML (800MCG/0.1ML) INJECTABLE 0.1 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE 40MG/ML INJECTABLE 50 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE 4MG/ML INJECTABLE 100 ML 180 MLS 240 MLS 30 ML 60 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE IN BSS (P.F.) 10MG/ML (1%) INJECTABLE 1 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE, 30ML VIAL** 4MG/ML INJECTABLE 30 ML DEXAMETHASONE SOLUTION - NACL, P.F. 0.1% OPHTHALMIC 15 ML DEXAMETHASONE, SDPF - (0.07ML SYRINGE, 30G, 1/2") 80MG/ML INJECTABLE 0.35 ML 0.7 ML

D-1498-2012

May 25, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
Event
Event 62416
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
1 unit
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1498-2012

Official wording

Reason: Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Franck's Lab Inc. initiated a recall of all Sterile Human Drugs distributed between 11/21/2011 and 05/21/2012 because FDA environmental sampling revealed the presence of microorganisms and fungal growth in the clean room where sterile products were prepared.

Code information: Rx #: 0400257

Distribution pattern: Nationwide, Bahamas, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Poland, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and West Indies

Derived failure modes

  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    fungal growth
  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    Lack of Assurance of Sterility