Nevada Pharmacy Recalls All Sterile Compounded Products

Topics: Compounding and Patient safety

Nevada-based Green Valley Drugs has issued a voluntary recall of all lots of all its compounded, repackaged drugs because of a lack of sterility assurance. The pharmacy has not received any reports of injury or illness associated with its sterile products, but still issued the recall out of an abundance of caution and based upon the observations of clean room personnel and certain aseptic techniques. Health care providers are advised to stop using all lots of Green Valley Drugs’ sterile products and return them to the company. Additionally, FDA asks that health care providers report any adverse events to the FDA MedWatch program.