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Brand Name: VACUETTE Product Name: LH Lithium Heparin Separator Model/Catalog Number: 454008P Product Description: Greiner VACUETTE Blood Collection Tube with Lithium Heparin and Gel Separator (13 x 75 mm, 3.5ml)
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Lot Code: Item Number: 454008P Lot Number: B26043FM UDI: Rack: 29120017579032, Case: 39120017579039 Expiration Date: 2027-07-12
- Why
- Lot B26043FM may include EDTA contamination which introduces potassium while chelating calcium in patient samples, leading to falsely elevated potassium (K+) and falsely decreased calcium (Ca++) results which have the potential to cause hyperkalemia.
- Distributed
- U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of CO, FL, IL, MO, NE, NY, OH, PA, and VA.
- Company
- Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc.
- Announced
- This is the date the recall was announced. A company may have started it weeks earlier.
- Recall began
Source: FDA record Z-0200-2027 · retrieved 21 October 2026
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