Personal Injury Law

Further Expansion of Recall of Contaminated Heparin

By Brenda Fulmer

Baxter Healthcare Corporation recently notified healthcare providers of an expansion of its recall of various blood thinner products. The February 28, 2008, expansion includes all lots of HEP-LOCK (Heparin Lock Flush Solution) and HEP-LOCK U/P (preservative-free Heparin Lock Flush Solution). These products were included in the expansion of the recall due to concerns about potential contamination since the crude heparin utilized to manufacture the products is supplied by the same Chinese facilities and American wholesaler implicated in the earlier recalls in January and February of 2008.

Full post as published by Tampa Bay Personal Injury Law on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).