GENTAMICIN 40MG/ML
Medicine recall D-1528-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 171 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Franck’s Lab Inc. initiated a recall of all Sterile Human Drugs distributed between 11/21/2011 and 05/21/2012 because FDA environmental sampling revealed the presence of microorganisms and fungal growth in the clean room where sterile products were prepared.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GENTAMICIN 40MG/ML (80MG/2ML) INJECTABLE 20 ML, 40 ML, 48 ML, 50 ML; GENTAMICIN / SODIUM BICARBONATE (STERILE) 480MG/LITER SOLUTION 1000 ML; GENTAMICIN /CLINDAMYCIN /POLYMIXIN B/STERILE WATER 0.1%/0.1%/0.05% SOLUTION 250 ML, 500 ML; GENTAMICIN DROPS (FORTIFIED) 14MG/ML (1.4%) OPHTHALMIC 10 ML; GENTAMICIN DROPS (FORTIFIED) 15MG/ML (1.5%) OPHTHALMIC 10 ML, 15 ML; GENTAMICIN DROPS (FORTIFIED) 18MG/ML (1.8%) OPHTHALMIC 5 ML; GENTAMICIN IRRIGATION 1GM/LITER SOLUTION 2000 ML; GENTAMICIN IRRIGATION 480MG/LITER SOLUTION 1000 ML, 2000 ML; GENTAMICIN***(80MGX2ML) 40MG/ML INJECTABLE 100 ML, 100 MLS, 100 VIAL, 12 ML, 14 ML, 150 ML, 200 ML, 25, 40 ML, 50 ML, 50 MLS, 50 VIALS (26 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
171 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Rx #’s: 0402163 0401103 0361246 0374339 0400819 0401878 0376767 0357627 0358558 0385752 0387435 0388683 0398782 0389025 0389135 0394537 0400051 0410208 0389025 0388231 0391057 0405031 0393211 0393211 0388792 0384288 0407535 0378398 0378398…
Every code shown here, 967 characters
Rx #’s: 0402163 0401103 0361246 0374339 0400819 0401878 0376767 0357627 0358558 0385752 0387435 0388683 0398782 0389025 0389135 0394537 0400051 0410208 0389025 0388231 0391057 0405031 0393211 0393211 0388792 0384288 0407535 0378398 0378398 0377517 0378503 0378504 0380549 0381687 0383319 0385206 0390165 0390166 0390930 0392241 0396501 0396675 0397835 0398312 0398392 0398889 0402538 0402842 0405320 0408916 0378060 0378502 0385165 0399334 0399337 0399340 0399345 0399348 0408326 0405172 0396619 0393974 0378077 0380549 0385218 0399333 0399346 0399349 0399351 0399353 0399354 0399356 0399358 0399361 0399362 0392241 0405640 0402538 0396501 0377276 0377517 0377857 0378077 0379493 0380295 0380549 0380551 0381687 0385218 0387271 0387274 0387280 0387282 0389068 0390166 0390930 0391460 0391463 0391466 0391469 0391576 0391881 0392180 0392182 0392184 0395103 0395519 0396501 0404869 0409343 0409489 0409490 0409492 0410150 0410384 0367933 0395652 0396783 0408328 0402535
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide, Bahamas, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Poland, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and West Indies
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on May 25, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Aug 10, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 22, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 13, 2014.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Franck’s Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck’s Compounding Lab, of Ocala, FL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Drug recall enforcement reports.
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