FDA (Drugs) recall action 91197
The FDA (Drugs) publishes a recall like this one as 2 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 2 pages.
Defective Container: Complaints received of vial breakage and glass flying when pressurized while preparing the product for administration.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Exela Pharma Sciences is recalling 489,600 vials of sodium bicarbonate injection nationwide due to defective vials that break and release glass fragments when pressurized during preparation.
Exela Pharma Sciences is recalling Sodium Bicarbonate Injection vials due to defective containers that may break and release glass fragments when pressurized during preparation. The recall affects 37,320 vials distributed nationwide.