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SevereFDA (Drugs)·D-272-2013·Announced 2013-05-01

Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Injectable Recalled for Sterility Assurance Concerns

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy is recalling Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Injectable due to lack of sterility assurance and quality control concerns.

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 and involves a lack of sterility assurance in an injectable product, which poses a significant risk of serious injury or infection.

Plain-English summary

Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, doing business as Balanced Solutions Compounding, is recalling 286 vials of Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Injectable. The recall is due to a lack of assurance of sterility and concerns associated with the pharmacy's quality control processes.

The affected product consists of 30 mL vials distributed to Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, and Puerto Rico. The recall covers all lots of the product compounded, repackaged, and distributed by this facility.

Consumers and healthcare providers should stop using the recalled product and contact their pharmacist or the recalling firm for instructions on return or disposal.

The recalled product

Product
Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Injectable Balanced Solutions, Compounding Pharmacy a division of Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., Lake Mary, FL 32746

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)

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Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 26 recalled by Axium Healthcare Pharmacy dba Balanced Solutions Compounding 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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