Class II — Becton Dickinson & Company
| Recalling firm | Becton Dickinson and Company |
|---|---|
| Registered facility | View this company's 36 registered facilities → (openFDA recall records do not name a specific facility) |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Approximately 3.4% of BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tubes (2.7mL) (light blue top tube) will exhibit over fill draw volumes from ~11-14%. |
| Product | The BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube is an evacuated blood collection tube that provides a means of collecting, transporting, and processing blood in a closed tube. The buffered sodium citrate additive provides an anticoagulated specimen that may be used for clinical laboratory coagulation assays. |
| Quantity | N/A |
| Distribution | US/PR-All 50 states and PR Global-AR, BO, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CO, CR, CW, DO, EC, GT, GY, IN, JM, JP, KR, MX, NI, PA, PE, SG, SR, SV, TT, TW, UY, VI Dates of distribution: June 2, 2017 to the present. |
| Initiated | 2018-04-11 |
| Classified | 2018-06-20 |
| Terminated | 2019-05-10 |
| Recall number | Z-2259-2018 |
| Initiation | Voluntary: Firm initiated |
Source: U.S. FDA via openFDA (opens in a new tab) (device registration & enforcement). Data as of 2026-10-06. Verify this recall record at FDA → (opens in a new tab)
Cite this record
RegWarden. “Class II recall — Becton Dickinson & Company (Z-2259-2018).” Compiled from U.S. FDA public records (openFDA; FDA Data Dashboard). Data as of 2026-10-06. https://regwarden.com/recall/79901/
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