BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood… recallZ-1746-2017 · Becton Dickinson & Company · initiated Mar 16, 2017
Terminated
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Why it was recalled
BD is initiating this product correction of multiple lots of BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tube (13x75 mm x 4.5 mL). A limited number of tubes in these lots may exhibit stopper pullout from the tube as the user removes the needle from the stopper following specimen collection.
FDA root cause category: Nonconforming Material/Component
What the company is doing
BD sent an "Urgent Product Correction Letters and Customer Product Correction Response Forms" dated March 16, 2017 via email or UPS to their customers and distributors.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1746-2017
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Mar 16, 2017
- Posted by the FDA
- Apr 6, 2017
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Quantity
- 13,064,500 tubes (non-expired)
- Product code
- JKA
- FDA submissions
- K945952
- Distribution
- Worldwide - US Nationwide Distribution
Product description
BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tubes, 4.5 mL, 13 x 75 mm, Mfd: Becton Dickinson and Company Product Usage: The BD Vacutainer Safety Coagulation tube is an evacuated blood collection Tube that provides means of collecting, transporting and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anti-coagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays and determinations.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
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Catalog Number: 367716 - Lot numbers: 5251673 with expiry 3/31/2017; 6064542 with expiry 9/30/17; 6187520 with expiry 1/31/2018 and 6253669 with expiy 3/31/18 Catalog Number: 369714 - Lot numbers: 5272777 with expiry 4/30/17; 5336909 with expiry 6/30/17; 5357632 with expiry 7/31/17; 6040953 and 6064634 both with expiry 9/30/17; 6090572 with expiry 10/31/17; 6124932 with expiry 11/30/17; 6173983 with expiry 12/31/17; 6187600 with expiry 1/31/18 and 6216656 with expiry 2/28/18 Lot numbers 6064542, 6187520 and 6253669 - limited to distribution outside the U.S. market. UDI for lot 6253669 is DI (01)30382903677161, PI (17)180331(10)6253669(30)0100 and lot 6216656 is DI (01)30382903697145, PI (17)180228(10)6216656(30)0100; for all other lots UDI is not applicable based on manufacture date.
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- BD Vacutainer® Buff. Na Citrate (9NC) 369714Becton, Dickinson And Company · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall159 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 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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