FDA-Device2015-12-30Class II

BD Vacutainer K2 EDTA (K2E) 5.4mg Plus Blood Collection Tubes. Product Usage: BD Vacutainer¿ tubes are used to collect, transport and process blood in a closed system. These tubes are used for testing serum, plasma or whole blood in the clinical laboratory. The BD Vacutainer¿ Plus K2EDTA Tubes may be used for routine immunohematology testing and blood donor screening. The performance characteristics of these tubes have not been established for immunohematology testing in general: therefore,

Becton Dickinson & Company
Hazard

Some tubes were manufactured with the stopper not fully inserted into the tube. This may result in the stopper popping-off in a small number of instances which could lead to blood exposure and in some cases to blood splatter or spraying.

Sold states
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of: Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea.
Affected count
4,835,000 units
Manufactured in
1 Becton Dr, N/A, Franklin Lakes, NJ, United States
Products
BD Vacutainer K2 EDTA (K2E) 5.4mg Plus Blood Collection Tubes. Product Usage: BD Vacutainer¿ tubes are used to collect, transport and process blood in a closed system. These tubes are used for testing serum, plasma or whole blood in the clinical laboratory. The BD Vacutainer¿ Plus K2EDTA Tubes may be used for routine immunohematology testing and blood donor screening. The performance characteristics of these tubes have not been established for immunohematology testing in general: therefore, users must validate the use of these tubes for their specific assay-instrument/reagent system combinations and specimen storage conditions.

Official notice

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0456-2016

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