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Drug recall: PHENYLephrine HCl, 50 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (200 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, R

FDA enforcement event 71844 · Class I · initiated 28 Jan 2015 · status Terminated · terminated 27 Jan 2017

DrugVoluntary: Firm initiated8 product recordsLake Forest, IL

FDA enforcement event 71844 is a drug recall by Pharmedium Services, LLC of Lake Forest, IL, initiated 28 Jan 2015 and classified Class I, with 8 product records.

FDA defines Class I as a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. 17% of the 292 drug enforcement events initiated in 2015 carry the same class.

Status: Terminated, terminated 27 Jan 2017. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. Pharmedium Services, LLC has 30 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 2 product records per event.

Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.

Recalling firm

Pharmedium Services, LLC, Lake Forest, IL.

Reason for recall

"Presence of Particulate Matter: The firm manufactured products using Hospira 0.9% Sodium Chloride, USP injection which were subsequently recalled due to the presence of particulate matter (human hair)."

Distribution

"Nationwide"

Product records

Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
D-1821-2015	PHENYLephrine HCl, 50 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (200 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 12620 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478, NDC# 61553-171-50	240 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1822-2015	PHENYLephrine HCl, 40 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (160 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 12620 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478, NDC# 61553-169-50	24 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1823-2015	Bupivacaine HCl 0.0625%, 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare Bag in Sodium chloride 0.9%, Epidural Use Only, Rx Only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 6100 Global Drive, Memphis, TN 36141, NDC# 61553-197-50	20 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1824-2015	Morphine Sulfate, 1 mg per mL (250 mg per 250 mL), 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare bag in Sodium Chloride 0.9%, IV Use Only, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 6100 Global Drive, Memphis, TN 36141, NDC# 61553-181-50	100 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1825-2015	Fentanyl Citrate, 5 mcg per mL (1,250 mcg per 250 mL), 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare bag in Sodium Chloride 0.9%, IV Use Only, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 6100 Global Drive, Memphis, TN 36141, NDC# 61553-107-50	663 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1826-2015	PHENYLephrine HCl, 20 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (80 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 12620 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478, NDC# 61553-156-50	84 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1827-2015	PHENYLephrine HCl, 60 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (240 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 12620 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478, NDC# 61553-236-50	48 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015
D-1828-2015	PHENYLephrine HCl, 10 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (40 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, 12620 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478, NDC# 61553-149-50	120 bags	Class I	Terminated	30 Sep 2015

Context

17%of 2015 drug events are Class I292 events that year

8product records in this eventfirm median: 2

30events on this register for the firm

Other enforcement events for Pharmedium Services, LLC

Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
16 Mar 2020	ePHEDrine Sulfate, 5 mg per mL, 50 mg per 10 mL, In 0.9% Sodium Chloride 10 mL syringe, For IV Use Preservative Free Pha	Drug	Class II	13
16 Dec 2019	NORepinephrine Bitartrate 8 mg added to 250 mL 5% Dextrose Injection USP (32 mcg per mL) Total Volume 258.00 mL Viaflex	Drug	Class III	3
7 Jun 2019	Hydromorphone HCl in 0.9% sodium chloride, 0.5mg per mL, 1 mL in 3mL BD Syringe, PharMEDium 913 N Davis Ave Cleveland, M	Drug	Class I	1
2 Jan 2019	0.9% Buffered Lidocaine HCl (buffered in 8.4% Sodium Bicarbonate) a.) 1 mL in 3 mL BD Syringe, 10 per carton, b.) 0.9% B	Drug	Class II	1
5 Dec 2018	Fentanyl Citrate 2 mcg per mL (100 mcg per 50 mL) and Ropivacaine HCl 0.1% in Sodium Chloride 0.9%, Injection, 50 mL tot	Drug	Class II	2
24 Jul 2018	10 mcg/mL Fentanyl Citrate (Preservative Free) in 0.9% Sodium Chloride 250 mL in 250 mL Intravia Bag and 10 mcg/mL Fenta	Drug	Class II	3
5 Jun 2018	HYDROmorphone HCl 0.5 mg per mL in 0.9% Sodium Chloride, 1 mL Total Volume in 3 mL syringe, Rx, PharMEDium Services, LLC	Drug	Class II	1
10 Apr 2018	Vasopressin 50 Units added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (0.2 units per mL), Rx only, PharMEDium Services	Drug	Class III	1
5 Feb 2018	15 units Oxytocin added to 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, 250 mL Viaflex Bag, Rx only, PharMEDium Serivces, LLC	Drug	Class II	3
27 Dec 2017	HYDROmorphone HCl in Sodium Chloride 0.9% in all doses, all strengths, and all packaging.	Drug	Class II	42

All 30 events for Pharmedium Services, LLC

Questions and answers

Why was this drug recalled?

FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Presence of Particulate Matter: The firm manufactured products using Hospira 0.9% Sodium Chloride, USP injection which were subsequently recalled due to the presence of particulate matter (human hair)."

What does Class I mean?

FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Where was the product distributed?

FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "Nationwide"

Is the recall still ongoing?

FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 27 Jan 2017. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.

Where does this data come from?

openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.

Provenance

Source: openFDA drug enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.