> [Original Message] > From: CDER MEDWATCH LISTSERV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2/7/2007 8:46:02 PM > Subject: FDA MedWatch: Heparin Sodium Injection 10,000 units/mL and HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units/mL associated with fatal medication errors > > MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program > > Baxter and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the potential for > life threatening medication errors involving two Heparin products, > Heparin Sodium Injection 10,000 units/mL, and HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units/mL. > Baxter is aware of fatal medication errors that have occurred when two > Heparin products with shades of blue labeling were mistaken for each > other. Three infant deaths resulted when the higher dosage Heparin > Sodium Injection 10,000 units/mL was inadvertently administered instead > of the lower dosage of HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units/mL. The currently marketed > 1 mL vials of both Heparin products use blue as the prominent background > color on their labels. > > Read the complete MedWatch 2007 Safety summary, including a link to the > Baxter Dear Healthcare Provider letter, at: > > http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2007/safety07.htm#Heparin > > _________________________________________________________________ > > To ensure delivery of these timely alerts to your in-box and prevent rejection of the notice by a spam filter, please add our MedWatch address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], to your address book. > > Thank you for using FDA MedWatch as a trusted source for timely safety information on drugs, devices and diagnostics regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If you find this e-mail notification helpful, please consider telling colleagues and friends about MedWatch and this e-mail notification process. They can learn more and subscribe to the e-list at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch. > > To send a comment or question to the MedWatch program: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/feedback.htm > > To unsubscribe from this listserve: > https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=medwatch&A=1
