July 18, 2024 — Bausch + Lomb has recalled certain I-Pack Eye Injection Kits due to a risk of severe eye infections, blindness, and death.
FDA designated it a Class 1 recall, which is reserved for products that could cause serious injury or death.
These products may not be sterile, which means that bacteria or other microbes could contaminate the injection.
The use of these recalled products may cause “serious adverse health consequences, including serious eye infections (endophthalmitis), vision loss or total loss of the eye, and death,” according to the FDA.
The recall involves Bausch + Lomb and Synergetics Inc. I-Pack Injection Kits, which are used to deliver medications into the eye (called an “intravitreal injection”). The recalled products include:
- Bausch + Lomb I-Pack Injection Kit, UDI/DI 20841305107544; Lot Number P62764979R.
- Bausch +Lomb I-Pack Injection Kit with drape, UDI/DI 20841305107551, Lot Number P63044983R.
- Bausch +Lomb I Pack Injection Kit, UDI/DI 20841305107605, Lot Number P62764965R.
- Bausch+Lomb I-Pack Injection Kit UDI/DI 20841305107612, Lot Number P627664970R.
Bausch + Lomb is urging customers to immediately review their inventory and isolate the recalled products to prevent unintended use.
Customers can submit a Recall Acknowledgement Form that has instructions regarding what to do with product on-hand. Customers will receive a credit for any returned or destroyed kits.
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