Becton Dickinson & Company BD Microtainer PST Tubewith LH (Lithium Heparin) - Amber Part/Catalog Number: 365987 Recall

Check Your Product

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Reason for Recall

As stated by FDA

Damaged reservoir may lead to a decreased fill volume causing samples to be insufficient for testing and improper blood-to-additive ratio, potentially producing erroneous results.

Recommended Action

Per FDA guidance

Becton Dickinson (BD) notified consignees affected by letter via UPS and email dated May 13,2019. Letter describes reason for recall, health risk and action to take: 1. Immediately review your inventory for the specific catalog and lot numbers listed below, 2. Destroy all product subject to the recall following your institution's process for destruction, 3. Share this Urgent Medical Device Recall notification with all users of the product to ensure that they are also aware of this recall, and 4. Complete the attached Customer Response/Certificate of Destruction Forms and return to the BD contact noted on the form whether or not you have any of the impacted material so that BD may acknowledge your receipt of this notification and process your product replacement. Distributors provide their customer list to BD. BD PAS will notify these customers via mail. BD Contact US Contact Information Customer/Technical Support 888-237-2762 OPT 3, OPT 2; Monday Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm (CT).