CVS Lubricant Eye Ointment Recalled for Lack of Sterility Assurance
Altaire Pharmaceuticals is recalling CVS Health Lubricant Eye Ointment Sensitive Formula due to a lack of assurance of sterility.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this as an FDA Class II recall. Per the rubric, FDA Class II recalls involving significant injury/property-damage reports or high-risk contexts are rated as Severe (4).
Plain-English summary
Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is recalling CVS Health Lubricant Eye Ointment Sensitive Formula, Item #247885, 3.5 gram. The product is distributed by CVS Pharmacy, Inc. The recall involves 24,024 units that were distributed nationwide in the United States.
The recall was initiated due to a lack of assurance of sterility. The affected product codes are QHE 08/19 and QJD 10/19.
Consumers should stop using the recalled product and contact CVS Pharmacy or Altaire Pharmaceuticals for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- CVS Health Lubricant Eye Ointment Sensitive Formula, Item#: 247885, 3.5 gram, Distributed by: CVS Pharmacy, Inc. One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895
- Manufacturer
- Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Category
- Drug — Ophthalmic
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 24,024
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- QHE 08/19 QJD 10/19
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 134 recalled by Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under a single FDA (Drugs) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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