Becton Dickinson & Company: Medical Device Recall in 2017 - (Recall #: Z-1189-2017)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2017.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tube (4.5 ml x 13 x 75 mm) Catalog Number: 369714 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

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: January 16, 2017

Date Posted: February 22, 2017

Recall Number: Z-1189-2017

Event ID: 76295

Reason for Recall:

A portion of this lot of blood collection tubes was manufactured with approximately twice the expected amount of buffered sodium citrate additive, an anticoagulant.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 1,488,800 tubes

Code Information:

Lot 6090572

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, Mexico, Indonesia

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated