FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

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.

Recall: Z-2259-2018 · Reported June 27, 2018

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2259-2018
Event ID
79901
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Becton Dickinson & Company
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Report Date
June 27, 2018
Initiation Date
April 11, 2018
Classification Date
June 20, 2018
Termination Date
May 10, 2019
Address
1 Becton Dr, N/A, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 07417-1815, United States

Description

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.

Reason

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%.

Code Info

All lots

Distribution

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.

Quantity

N/A