December 6, 2017
FDA: Recall of Pharmacist Choice Alcohol Prep Pads
Editor's Note
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 5 announced the recall of 3 lots of Pharmacist Choice Alcohol Prep Pads by Simple Diagnostics (Coral Springs, Florida), which were manufactured by Foshan Flying Medical Products Co Ltd, located in China.
The alcohol pads were recalled because of a lack of sterility assurance and other quality issues.
The affected lots are:
- SD2070421201 (Exp, December 2019)
- SD2070420925 (Exp, September 2019)
- SD2070420601 (Exp, December 2019).
The lots were distributed between 10-18-2016 and 7-18-2017.
The use of impacted alcohol prep pads could result in adverse events such as infections.
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