Becton Dickinson & Co.: Microbiological identification media may exhibit reduced levels of Vancomycin.

Agency Publication Date: July 24, 2013

Affected Products

Product: BD BBL Vancomycin Screen Agar, carton of 10 plates, catalog # 222204, labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** Vancomycin Screen Agar is used to test entercocci for resistance to vancomycin and to predict the synergistic activity of this antimicrobial with an aminoglycoside antimicrobial.

Lot 3081136 Exp June 18, 2013 Lot 3073114 Exp June 12, 2013

Lot Numbers:

3081136

3073114

Product: BD BBL Schaedler K-V Agar with 5% Sheep Blood, carton of 20 plates, catalog # 221555, labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** Vancomycin Screen Agar is used to test entercocci for resistance to vancomycin and to predict the synergistic activity of this antimicrobial with an aminoglycoside antimicrobial.

Lot 3078263 Exp 5/16/13

Lot Numbers:

3078263

Product: BD BBL CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar with Kanamycin and Vancomycin (KV), packaged in cartons of 100 plates, Catalog # 221736, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar with Kanamycin and Vancomycin is used for the selective isolation of fastidious and slow-growing, obligately anaerobic gram-negative bacteria from a variety of clinical and nonclinical materials.

Lot 3080083 Exp 6/4/13 Lot 3073075 Exp 5/29/13

Lot Numbers:

3080083

3073075

Product: BD BBL Anaerobe CNA Agar with 5% Sheep Blood // Anaerobe Laked Sheep Blood KV Agar, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, Catalog # 297041, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** Anaerobe Laked Sheep Blood KV Agar is used in a qualitative procedure for isolation of gram-negative anaerobic bacilli.

Lot 3080366 Exp 5/31/13 Lot 3071134 Exp 5/28/13 Lot 3081061 Exp 6/4/13

Lot Numbers:

3080366

3071134

3081061

Product: BD BBL BBE // CDC Anaerobe Laked Sheep Blood Agar with KV, packaged in cartons of 100 plates, Catalog # 297260, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** Bacteroides Bile Esculin Agar (BBE) is recommended as a primary isolation medium for the selection and presumptive identification of the B. fragilis group.

Lot 3071112 Exp 5/28/13

Lot Numbers:

3071112

Product: BBL Brucella Laked Blood Agar with Kanamycin and Vancomycin (KV), Catalog # 297840, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** Brucella Laked Blood with KV is used for the selective isolation of fastidious and slow growing, obligately anaerobic bacteria from the same specimen.

Lot 3078280 Exp 6/27/13

Lot Numbers:

3078280

Product: BD BBL BCYE Selective Agar with PAV, Catalog # 297880, packaged in cartons of 10 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** BCYE Selective with PAV is used in qualitative procedures for isolation of Legionella species from clinical specimen and nonclinical (environmental) samples. It is similar to the Edelstein formula, except that the concentration of polymyxin B is reduced by half, and vancomycin is subst

Lot 3078348 Exp 6/27/13

Lot Numbers:

3078348

Product: BBL Campylobacter CSM Agar (Charcoal-Based Selective Medium), Catalog # 299614, packaged in cartons of 20 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** BCYE Selective with PAV is used in qualitative procedures for isolation of Legionella species from clinical specimen and nonclinical (environmental) samples. It is similar to the Edelstein formula, except that the concentration of polymyxin B is reduced by half

Lot 3078430 Exp 5/30/13

Lot Numbers:

3078430

Additional Information

Agency: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Event ID: 65614

Status: Resolved

Manufacturer: Becton Dickinson & Co.

Manufactured In: United States

Units Affected: 8 products (911 cartons; 92 cartons; 45 cartons; 106 cartons; 42 cartons; 92 cartons; 163 cartons; 293 cartons)

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Affected Products

Lot 3081136 Exp June 18, 2013 Lot 3073114 Exp June 12, 2013

Lot Numbers:

3081136

3073114

Lot 3078263 Exp 5/16/13

Lot Numbers:

3078263

Lot 3080083 Exp 6/4/13 Lot 3073075 Exp 5/29/13

Lot Numbers:

3080083

3073075

Lot 3080366 Exp 5/31/13 Lot 3071134 Exp 5/28/13 Lot 3081061 Exp 6/4/13

Lot Numbers:

3080366

3071134

3081061

Lot 3071112 Exp 5/28/13

Lot Numbers:

3071112

Lot 3078280 Exp 6/27/13

Lot Numbers:

3078280

Lot 3078348 Exp 6/27/13

Lot Numbers:

3078348

Lot 3078430 Exp 5/30/13

Lot Numbers:

3078430