FDA Recall Terminated

EXACTAMIX Empty EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) TPN Bag with the following product code and sizes: 1. H938737, 250mL; 2. H938738, 500mL; 3. H938739, 1000mL; 4. H938740, 2000mL; 5. H938741, 3000mL Product Usage: The EXACTAMIX Empty EVA bags are used as the destination container in compounding of large-volume sterile solutions for further administration to a single patient. The empty bags are used at pharmacies and compounding centers by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to compound multi-ingredient solutions, as prescribed by a physician.

Recall: Z-0167-2020 · Initiated September 18, 2019

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0167-2020
Event Number
83804
Firm
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
FEI Number
1417572
Product Code
LHI
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process control
Initiated
September 18, 2019
Terminated
February 16, 2021
Address
1 Baxter Pkwy, Deerfield, IL, 60015-4625

Description

EXACTAMIX Empty EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) TPN Bag with the following product code and sizes: 1. H938737, 250mL; 2. H938738, 500mL; 3. H938739, 1000mL; 4. H938740, 2000mL; 5. H938741, 3000mL Product Usage: The EXACTAMIX Empty EVA bags are used as the destination container in compounding of large-volume sterile solutions for further administration to a single patient. The empty bags are used at pharmacies and compounding centers by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to compound multi-ingredient solutions, as prescribed by a physician.

Reason

Potential ability to leak once used for compounding.

Action

Baxter Healthcare Corporation notified customers on about 09/18/2019, via "Urgent Product Recall" letter. The letter informed customers that certain lot numbers of the EXACTAMIX Empty EVA Bags have the potential ability to leak once used for compounding. Customers were instructed to locate and remove all affected product lots from your facility, contact Baxter Healthcare Center for Service to arrange for return and credit, complete and return the provided Baxter customer reply form via fax to 224-270-5457 or scanning and e-mailing it to [email protected], and notify customers or affected personnel/departments if the product was further distributed. For customers who purchased affected product from a distributor, contact your distributor for return and credit. Questions can be directed to Baxter Corporate Product Surveillance at 800-437-5176, between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - UD Nationwide including the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. The countries of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Panama, Bermuda.

Quantity

11,389,800 units total