Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy Recalls Hydromorphone Syringes Due to Sterility Concerns
Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy is recalling Hydromorphone HCL 10 mg/ml syringes due to a lack of assurance of sterility. The product was distributed nationwide.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class II. According to the rubric, FDA Class II recalls involving significant injury/property-damage reports or hospitalization are rated Severe (4). While specific injury reports are not detailed in the text, the agency classification and the nature of the hazard (sterility failure in an injectable drug) align with the Severe criteria for Class II recalls where risk is significant.
Plain-English summary
Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy, Incorporated is recalling Hydromorphone HCL 10 mg/ml, 40 ml syringes. The recall was initiated because of a lack of assurance of sterility for the product.
The affected product is prescription-only and was distributed nationwide. No foreign distribution occurred. The specific product code information indicates a Beyond Use Date (BUD) of 5/3/2016.
Consumers and healthcare providers should stop using the recalled product and contact their pharmacist or the recalling firm for further instructions on disposal or replacement.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hydromorphone HCL 10 mg/ml, vol. 40 ml syringe, Rx only, Hartley Med Ctr Pharmacy, Long Beach, CA
- Manufacturer
- Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy, Incorporated
- Category
- Drug — Injectable
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1
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)
- BUD: 5/3/2016
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 30 recalled by Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy, Incorporated 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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