CDC Alert - Contaminated IV Formulations

1 June 2010
Virginia Department of Health Memorandum
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued an alert about certain IV formulations of metronidazole, ondanestron, and ciprofloxacin sold under the following labels:

• Claris
• Sagent Pharmaceuticals
• Pfizer
• West-Ward Pharmaceuticals

Please read the alert below carefully and immediately remove from your pharmacy inventories any matching intravenous bags of these products.  We expect more information forthcoming as the investigation continues.

Healthcare Professionals Warned Not To Use Certain Intravenous Metronidazole, Ondansetron, and Ciprofloxacin Due To Potential Contamination (cdc.gov)