You should develop an action plan to secure these products — at this time — from your Alcon or Akorn BSS sources. From the bulletin, the issue relates to licensure and not specific lot numbers of the products from “unapproved companies.”
Acceptable manufacturers and NDA numbers are:
- Alcon NDA BSS #20-742
- Alcon NDA BSS Plus #18-469
- Akorn NDA #75-503
- Akorn Endosol Extra NDA# 20-079
Note: This article comes from a recent edition of Pharm-ASC, a weekly e-mail publication by Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, a Newington, Conn.-based consultant, pharmacist and safe medication officer serving more than 100 ASCs in the Northeast. Learn more at www.sheldonsones.com.
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