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Drug product

PHENYLephrine HCl 5000 mg/50 mL in Sodium Chloride 0.9% (100 mcg/mL) Rx Only, 5 mL Single Dose Syringe, SCA Pharmaceuticals, 755 Rainbow Rd., Windsor, CT, 06095, barcode 70004081022

D-0216-2021

December 17, 2020

Class II

Product summary

Firm
SCA Pharmaceuticals
Event
Event 86990
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
3152 syringes
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0216-2021

Official wording

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

Code information: Lot # 1220023003, BUD 12/22/2020; 1220023057, BUD 12/25/2020; 1220023104, BUD 12/25/2020; 1220023144, BUD 12/27/2020; 1220023168, BUD 12/27/2020; 1220023222, BUD 12/29/2020; 1220023240, BUD 12/28/2020; 1220023284, BUD 1/1/2021; 1220023456, BUD 1/8/2021; 1220023474, BUD 1/4/2021; 1220023530, BUD 1/8/2021 & 1220023542, BUD 1/9/2021.

Distribution pattern: Product was distributed to hospitals nationwide.

Derived failure modes

  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    Lack of Assurance of Sterility