Abbott Medical Optics is voluntarily recalling all lot numbers of Vitrax II viscoelastic solution manufactured by Lifecore Biomedical, which notified AMO that the pH of the product in some syringes was out of specification during routine stability testing. Click here for the listing of Vitrax II lot numbers involved in this recall. AMO says it hasn't received any complaints attributed to the pH of the product. Should the pH exceed 8.5 in a given syringe, some literature reports that endothelial cell damage may occur.
Dan O'Connor
