Walgreens Recalls Sodium Ascorbate Syringes Due to Sterility Concerns
Walgreens Infusion Services is recalling compounded Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C) syringes in Texas 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 classification is FDA Class II. According to the rubric, FDA Class II recalls are classified as Severe (Score 4), particularly when involving potential hospitalization or significant injury risks associated with sterility failures in injectable drugs.
Plain-English summary
Walgreens Infusion Services is recalling 30 syringes of Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C) in various concentrations (500 mg/1 mL, 1000 mg/2 mL, and 800 mg/1.6 mL). The product is compounded by Option Care 148 in San Antonio, Texas, and was distributed in Texas.
The recall was initiated because of a lack of assurance of sterility. The source text does not specify which lot numbers are affected, stating only that all lots within expiry are included. No specific dates of distribution or illness reports are provided in the source material.
Consumers who have these syringes should stop using them and contact their healthcare provider or the recalling firm for further instructions. The product is prescription-only.
The recalled product
- Product
- Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C) syringe, a) 500 mg/1 mL syringe, b)1000 mg/2 mL c) 800 mg/1.6 mL, Rx Only, Compounded by Option Care 148, San Antonio, TX 78232-5045
- Manufacturer
- Walgreens Infusion Services
- Category
- Drug — Compounded Injectable
- Affected units
- 30
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)
- All lots within expiry.
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 33 recalled by Walgreens Infusion Services 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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