Becton Dickinson & Company recalls The BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides a mean…

Recall date

April 11, 2018

Source

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

Recall number

Z-2260-2018

FDA classification

Class II

Brand / firm

Becton Dickinson & Company

Sold / distributed

US/PR-All 50 states and PR Global-AR, BO, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CO, CR, CW, DO, EC, GT, GY, IN, JM, JP, KR, MX, NI, PA, PE, SG, SR, SV, TT, TW, UY, VI Dates of distribution: June 2, 2017 to the present.

Why it was recalled

Approximately 3.4% of BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tubes (2.7mL) (light blue top tube) will exhibit over fill draw volumes from ~11-14%.

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

What was recalled

The BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides a means of collecting, transporting, and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anticoagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays.