Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Vancomycin Ophthalmic Solution
Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy is recalling Vancomycin HCL 10 mg/mL Ophthalmic Solution because sterility cannot be assured. The product was distributed to healthcare providers and patients in Michigan.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Drugs): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. 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 the hazard involves a lack of assurance of sterility in a compounded pharmaceutical product, which poses a significant risk of infection or serious injury.
Plain-English summary
Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy is recalling all unexpired lots of Vancomycin HCL 10 mg/mL Ophthalmic Solution. The recall is due to a lack of assurance of sterility, as the products were compounded in the same environment and under the same practices as another product found to be non-sterile.
The affected product is a 50 mL prescription ophthalmic solution. The recall includes all unexpired lots manufactured and distributed between July 1, 2013, and October 19, 2013, including Lot # 08222013@2. The product was distributed to hospitals, clinics, physicians, and patients in the Michigan area only.
Consumers and healthcare providers should stop using the recalled product and contact their healthcare provider or the pharmacy for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- VANCOMYCIN HCL 10 mg/mL OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION, Rx only, Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy, 350 S Lafayette, South Lyon, MI 48178
- Manufacturer
- Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy
- Category
- Drug — Ophthalmic Solution
- Hazard
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 (3)
- All unexpired lots
- manufactured and distributed between 07/01/2013 and 10/19/2013
- including Lot #: 08222013@2
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 51 recalled by Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy 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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