FDAApril 11, 2018device
The BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides a means of collecting, transporting, and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anticoagulated specimen that may be used for clinical labor...
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
Approximately 3.4% of BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tubes (2.7mL) (light blue top tube) will exhibit over fill draw volumes from ~11-14%.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
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Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Quincke Needle 26 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Number: 405632.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Whitacre Needle 25 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Numbers: 405637, 405707.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Whitacre Needle 25 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Number: 405671.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Quincke Needle 22 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Number: 405609.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Whitacre Needle 25 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 2 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Number: 405658.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Quincke Needle 25 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Numbers: 405621, 405735.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Whitacre Needle 25 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Numbers: 400866, 405672, 405673, 405674, 405675, 405709, 405721, 405723, 406704.2026-04-27
- FDABD¿Spinal Tray with BD¿Whitacre Needle 22 G x 3.5 in.; lidocaine HCL (1%), 5 mL, bupivacaine HCL (0.75%) with dextrose (8.25%), 2 mL (marcaine). Catalog Number: 405645.2026-04-27
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