Class III · Low risk Ongoing
Hydromorphone HCL PF
Reason Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date
HYDROmorphone HCl Injection
Class I — High risk. Reasonable probability of serious harm or death.
Why it was recalled
Superpotent (Single Ingredient) Drug: Some of the prefilled cartridge units have been found to be overfilled and contain more than the 1 mL labeled fill volume.
What was recalled
HYDROmorphone HCl Injection, USP, 1 mg/mL, 1 mL fill in a 2.5 mL Carpuject prefilled cartridge unit, packaged in 10-count Carpujects per carton, Rx only, Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, NDC 0409-1283-31, Barcode (01) 1 030409 128331 9 (carton), (01) 0 030409 128331 2 (cartridge unit).
- Recalling firm
- Hospira Inc.
- NDC code
- 0409-1283-31
- Origin
- IL, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-1444-2012
What should you do? A recall doesn't always mean your specific bottle is affected - it often applies to certain lots only. Check the lot number on your package against the FDA notice, and talk to your pharmacist before stopping any medication.
Other Hydromorphone recalls
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Class III · Low risk Terminated
HYDROmorphone Hydrochloride 50mg/50mL
Reason Superpotent Drug: Assay/potency result for hydromorphone HCl in the compounded stability lot was higher than specification..
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated
HYDROmorphone HCl 30 mg/30 mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Reason Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated
HYDROmorphone HCl 30 mg/30mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Reason Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated
HYDROmorphone HCl 25 mg/25 mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection
Reason Lack of Assurance of Sterility
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