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

Recall date

January 16, 2017

Source

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — enforcement report

Recall number

Z-1189-2017

FDA classification

Class II

Brand / firm

Becton Dickinson & Company

Sold / distributed

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, Mexico, Indonesia

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.

Class II means using this product may cause temporary or medically reversible health problems; the chance of serious harm is remote.

What was recalled

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