‘Premature infants, patients on chronic parenteral nutrition, patients who have a history of cardiac arrythmias, patients with chronic renal insufficiency, patients who have acute renal failure, patients on potassium-sparing diuretics—all are at risk for adverse and potentially fatal outcomes,’ states the advisory.
ICU Medical is voluntarily recalling its IV bags of potassium chloride after discovering that one of lot of the product was mislabeled.
A drug used for millions of patients at hospitals has been recalled over a risk of causing overdose and death due to a labeling error.
Huge overdoses could cause neuromuscular disfunction which includes paralysis, confusion, weakness and even cardiac arrest leading to death.
20 mEq have incorrect overwrap labels which state POTASSIUM CHLORIDE Inj.
