These products are labeled as either sodium chloride flush or heparin lock flush. Advertisement Some of these syringes have a mismatched syringe tip cap, syringe label, filled volume and wrapper.

The syringes, which are designed to inject saline or heparin drug, have wrong tip cap, labeling, volume and wrapper. Moreover, the heparin lock flush syringe with only water could clot catheters.

In addition, if the heparin lock flush syringe containing only water is used on peripheral or venous catheters, the patency may be compromised and clotting may occur. Covidien has notified ...

(Reuters) – Medical device maker Covidien Plc said it was recalling 14 lots of its Monoject prefill flush ... of the syringes, meant to administer saline or anti-clotting drug heparin, also ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall Friday of all heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT Inc. Two lots of the ...

Overview: Heparin is a blood thinner that is used to prevent or treat blood clots. It may be injected under the skin or into a blood vessel. The most common side effects are irritation at the ...

The syringes contained Heparin, a blood thinner ... Heparin and saline are used to flush intravenous lines during cancer treatments, kidney dialysis and other procedures. The U.S. attorney ...

Many policies we examined suggested using positive pressure caps on central venous access lines to eliminate the need for heparin. These caps provide pressure in IV lines when flush syringes are ...