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Dorothy Brooks

Cardboard Found Inside a Sealed Bag of Sterile Antibiotic Prompts a Nationwide Baxter Recall

A piece of cardboard was found floating in a sealed bag of sterile antibiotic solution meant to be infused directly into a patient's bloodstream.

Baxter International is voluntarily recalling one lot of Cefazolin in Dextrose Injection, USP, 2 grams per 100 milliliters, nationwide, after a report of particulate matter in the solution that the company identified as cardboard. The affected lot is LD175708, expiring February 14, 2027, supplied as a frozen premix in a 100 milliliter plastic container.

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