Pentec Health Recalls Fresenius Amino Acid Bags Due to Sterility Concerns
Pentec Health is recalling Fresenius 1% Amino Acid bags because sterility could not be assured for compounded renal nutritional prescriptions.
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, which corresponds to a Severe severity score under the rubric, particularly given the risk of infection from non-sterile medical products.
Plain-English summary
Pentec Health Inc. is recalling Fresenius bag 1% Amino Acids (Intraperitoneal Parenteral Nutrition - dialysate solution with added amino acids), 1000mL bags. The recall is due to a lack of assurance of sterility for compounded sterile renal nutritional prescriptions.
The affected product is a 1000mL bag of dialysate solution with added amino acids. The specific lot information provided includes a compounding date of 04/30/13 and a discard after date of 05/21/13. The product was distributed to dialysis centers and directly to patients.
Consumers and healthcare facilities should stop using the affected product and contact their healthcare provider or the recalling firm for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fresenius bag 1% Amino Acids (Intraperitoneal Parenteral Nutrition - dialysate solution with added amino acids), 1000mL bag, Pentec Health Inc., 4 Creek Parkway Suite A, Boothwyn, PA 19061-3132
- Manufacturer
- Pentec Health
- 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)
- Compounding Date: 04/30/13 Discard after: 05/21/13
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 15 recalled by Pentec Health 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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