Convenience Kits Recalled Because They Include High-Risk Monoject Syringes From Cardinal Health

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

More than 9,000 of the kits made by Aligned Medical Solutions have been recalled because they include a prefilled saline syringe that was the subject of a high-risk class I recall.

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More than 9,000 convenience kits have been recalled by Aligned Medical Solutions because they include a prefilled saline syringe that was the subject of a recent high-risk class I recall by Cardinal Health Inc.

Aligned Medical Solutions publicly announced the recall on 20 October, but initiated it on 19 August. Affected kits include:

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