5% Dextrose Injection
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility. Complaints were receive of missing closures and/or leaks which may compromise product sterility.
What was recalled
5% Dextrose Injection, USP, 1000mL in VIAFLEX Plastic Container, Rx only, Manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corp., North Cove, North Carolina Facility Highway 221 North, Marion, NC 28752 for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015. NDC 0338-0017-04
- Recalling firm
- Baxter Healthcare Corp.
- NDC code
- 0338-0017-04
- Origin
- IL, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0426-2015
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