Convenience Kits Recalled Because They Include High-Risk Monoject Syringes From Cardinal Health
Executive Summary
More than 9,000 of the kits made by Aligned Medical Solutions have been recalled because they include a prefilled saline syringe that was the subject of a high-risk class I recall.
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