Becton Dickinson & Company: Medical Device Recall in 2018 - (Recall #: Z-2259-2018)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2018.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

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 laboratory coagulation assays.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: April 11, 2018

Date Posted: June 27, 2018

Recall Number: Z-2259-2018

Event ID: 79901

Reason for Recall:

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%.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: N/A

Code Information:

All lots

Distribution Pattern:

US/PR-All 50 states and PR Global-AR, BO, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CO, CR, CW, DO, EC, GT, GY, IN, JM, JP, KR, MX, NI, PA, PE, SG, SR, SV, TT, TW, UY, VI Dates of distribution: June 2, 2017 to the present.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated