Events

Recall of BD Vacutainer Heparin Tube

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Becton Dickinson UK Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    19603
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-12-23
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Becton Dickinson Ltd, 14B George Bourke Drive, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1060
  • Reason
    Manufacturer has received a customer complaint advising that have found tubes containing a white powder. one of these tubes had been used on a patient to measure troponin levels, generating a zero result. patient retested using another tube that did not contain the white powder and different result obtained.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

BD Vacutainer Heparin Tube

Manufacturer

Becton Dickinson UK Ltd