Hospira Dangerous

[Anonymous]

Hospira, the country's largest producer of sterile drugs, is recalling two dozen lots of saline solution, along with 30 lots of other products, because the bags on one of its delivery systems can leak and products might get contaminated. And, then, the saga continues....Hospira is recalling "certain lots of several products in its LifeCare line of flexible intravenous solutions due to the potential for leakage." But the description does not get to the depth and breadth of the recall, which is for 54 lots of nearly a dozen products. That includes two dozen lots of saline solution in the 1000-mL size, an essential hospital product that has been in short supply for months. But, wait, there's more....Hospira has been dealing with FDA concerns for years for plants in the U.S. and more recently in India. But despite being told more than a year ago that it should have a "global corrective action plan" for both its foreign and U.S. plants, new issues have surfaced, this time for a plant in Australia that makes specialty injectable drugs. Hospira's FDA woes have moved to Australia. The agency scolded the U.S.-based company in a warning letter based on an injectables plant inspection.