BD Vacutainer SST Plus Blood Collection Tubes, 5.0 mL, 13 x… recallZ-2434-2015 · Becton Dickinson & Company · initiated Jun 23, 2015
Class III Terminated All recalls posted in August 2015
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Why it was recalled
Some of the tubes were manufactured with stoppers that did not meet current manufacturing specifications. Stoppers were manufactured with a reduced cycle cure time.
FDA root cause category: Process control
What the company is doing
Becton Dickinson notified their affected customers of this recall by sending them an Urgent Product Recall Letter dated June 23, 2015 via UPS 2nd Day.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-2434-2015
- Recall class
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Jun 23, 2015
- Posted by the FDA
- Aug 20, 2015
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Quantity
- 238, 000 (Lot #5133959) and 243,000 (Lot #5133957)
- Product code
- JKA
- FDA submissions
- BK050036
- Distribution
- Distributed in FL, IL, MA, MI, MO, PA and TN.
Product description
BD Vacutainer SST Plus Blood Collection Tubes, 5.0 mL, 13 x 100 mm, Sterile. Provides a means of collecting, transporting, separating, and processing blood in a closed tube.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
REF #367986, Lot #'s 5133957 and 5133959
Other devices under the same FDA submission
31 devices cleared under BK050036 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ 367986Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection2 recalls2,711 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ II Advance 367955Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1,478 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ 367983Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection2 recalls1,075 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ II Advance 367957Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection767 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ 367988Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall472 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ 367989Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection476 reports
- BD Vacutainer® Serum Blood Collection Tubes 367815Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection462 reports
- BD Vacutainer® SST™ II Advance 367953Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection454 reports
- BD Vacutainer® K2E (EDTA) 7.2mg 368861Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection327 reports
- BD Vacutainer® Serum 367812Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection244 reports
- BD Vacutainer® K2 EDTA (K2E) 7.2mg Blood Collection Tubes 367844Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection182 reports
- BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Blood Collection Tubes 367819Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection124 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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