WASHINGTON (CN) – Some Hospira Carpuject pre-filled syringe cartridges contain extra medication, which may produce an overdose, according to a Food and Drug Administration press release. Pharmacies ...

Following initial complaints of overfilled Carpuject pre-filled cartridges, subsequent FDA inspection showed that this risk for overfilling has resulted in as many as 280 lots of 15 different ...

Pfizer's Hospira Recalls Select Hydrochloride Injection Carpuject Units May 23, 2024 — 05:49 am EDT Written by RTTNews.com for RTTNews -> ...

When preparing a Carpuject syringe, 8% of nurses told us they do not check the actual volume in the cartridge; they just assume the volume is as stated on the label.

UNDATED - Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling lots 72680LL and 76510LL of Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 0.4 mg/mL, 1 mL in 2.5 mL, Carpuject Single-use cartridge ...

1. Pfizer attributes the latest manufacturing snag for Pfizer’s Carpuject and iSecure syringes to an issue with a component made by a third-party supplier, according to a letter sent to ...

A single complaint reported that one Carpuject contained more than the 1mL labeled volume. If opioid pain medications, such as Hydromorphone, are overdosed, consequences could be life-threatening ...

Morphine Sulfate Carpuject 4mg/mL are packaged in Slim-Pak tamper detection packages with each box containing ten Carpujects (NDC 0409-1258-30). The affected lot was distributed in January 2012.

Instead of ordering a recall, the FDA is leaning on health professionals to make sure Hospira Carpuject syringes are administered correctly. | Drugmaker now says 280 lots are suspect ...

Pfizer has restarted production of its Carpuject prefilled syringes and recently released about 50 lots that had been on hold. The first shipments began reaching wholesalers last month. "While ...

On June 4, 2018, Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, announced it was recalling lots 72680LL and 76510LL of Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 0.4 mg/mL, 1 mL in 2.5 mL, Carpuject Single-use ...

If Carpuject cartridges are stocked in patient care units, to ensure proper use ISMP highly recommends convening a small team of pharmacists and frontline nurses to discuss how the cartridges are ...