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Drug product

ePHEDrine Sulfate, 50 mg/5mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, 5 mL Single Dose Syringe, Rx Only, SCA Pharmaceuticals, 755 Rainbow Rd., Windsor, CT, 06095, barcode 70004060509

D-0188-2021

December 17, 2020

Class II

Product summary

Firm
SCA Pharmaceuticals
Event
Event 86990
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
1,879 syringes
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0188-2021

Official wording

Reason: Lack of Assurance of Sterility; potential for a defective syringe cap, resulting in a non-integral unit

Code information: Lot # 1220023041, BUD 1/20/2021; 1220023188, BUD 1/27/2021 & 1220023397, BUD 2/3/2021.

Distribution pattern: Product was distributed to hospitals nationwide.

Derived failure modes

  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    Lack of Assurance of Sterility