SPS-1, Static Preservation Solution [1 or 2 liter bags], Sterile; Organ Recovery Systems, One Pierce Place, Itasca, IL 60143

Organ preservation fluid recalled due to potential for bacterial contamination.

Firm initiated a voluntary removal of Lot PBR-0060-392 on December 14, 2016. and Lot PBR-0074-330 December 16, 2016. Notification occurred via e-mail to each recipient of the lots. On December 18, 2016, the firm provided subsequent posting notice and FAQs on company website. Follow up telephone conversations were performed post e-mail notifications. Firm worked with FDA to develop and coordinate a unified message that would be noticed on the websites of FDA, UNOS, and CDC. Firm also independently contacted the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations and UNOS to assist with messaging for their constituents. In the recall notification emails, customers were instructed to return affected product to Organ Recovery Systems. All affected product will be destroyed after completion of the firm's internal investigation. Upon learning of the additional lots of potentially contaminated product (PBR-0074-337 and PBR-0060-386), on 1/13/2017 ORS notified their customers via email and phone and updated the posting on their website. The instructions were only to quarantine the product, however. On January 23, 2017, firm began instructing their customers (via email) to return the additional affected lots to ORS. An update to their website was posted January 24, 2017. instructing affected customers to return the lots of product. For further questions regarding this recall, please call (847) 824-2421.