Reported Feb 22, 2017 · Terminated

BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tube (4.5 ml x 13 x 75 mm) Catalog Number: 369714 Product…

Becton Dickinson & Company

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Becton Dickinson & Company · 1 Becton Dr · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 07417-1815

Is this the product you have?

  • BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate(9NC) Blood Collection Tube (4.5
  • ml x 13 x 75 mm) Catalog Number369714
  • Product UsageThe BD Vacutainer Safety Coagulation tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides means of collecting, transporting and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anti-coagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays and determinations
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot 6090572
Amount recalled
1,488,800 tubes

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

A portion of this lot of blood collection tubes was manufactured with approximately twice the expected amount of buffered sodium citrate additive, an anticoagulant.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Feb 7, 2018 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:03 PM UTC

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