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Becton Dickinson & Company recalls BD Vacutainer K2 EDTA (K2E) 5.4mg Plus Blood Collection Tubes. Product Usage: BD Vacutainer¿ tubes are used to coll
Recalled December 30, 2015 · FDA recall Z-0456-2016 · Becton Dickinson &
Hazard
Some tubes were manufactured with the stopper not fully inserted into the tube. This may result in the stopper popping-off in a small number of instances which could lead to blood exposure and in some cases to blood splatter or spraying. · FDA Class II
Units
4,835,000 units
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Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of: Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea.
Description
Some tubes were manufactured with the stopper not fully inserted into the tube. This may result in the stopper popping-off in a small number of instances which could lead to blood exposure and in some cases to blood splatter or spraying.
Product
BD Vacutainer K2 EDTA (K2E) 5.4mg Plus Blood Collection Tubes. Product Usage: BD Vacutainer¿ tubes are used to collect, transport and process blood in a closed system. These tubes are used for testing serum, plasma or whole blood in the clinical laboratory. The BD Vacutainer¿ Plus K2EDTA Tubes may be used for routine immunohematology testing and blood donor screening. The performance characteristics of these tubes have not been established for immunohematology testing in general: therefore, users must validate the use of these tubes for their specific assay-instrument/reagent system combinations and specimen storage conditions.
Manufacturer(s)
Becton Dickinson & Company
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Official recall notice on fda.gov →