FDA warning letter · Drugs

Infusion Options, Inc.

Issued · Posted by FDA

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

Your firm failed to establish and follow appropriate written procedures that are designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products purporting to be sterile, and that include validation of all aseptic and sterilization processes (21 CFR 211.113(b)).

Passage 2

Your firm failed to follow written procedures regarding storage and warehousing of drug products (21 CFR 211.142).

Passage 3

Your firm failed to establish an adequate system for maintaining equipment used to control the aseptic conditions (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(vi)).

Passage 4

Your firm failed to ensure that manufacturing personnel wear clothing appropriate to protect drug product from contamination (21 CFR 211.28(a)).

Passage 5

Your firm failed to follow written procedures for production and process control designed to assure that the drug products you manufacture have the identity, strength, quality, and purity they purport or are represented to possess (21 CFR 211.100(b)).

Passage 6

Your firm failed to establish an adequate system for cleaning and disinfecting the room and equipment to produce aseptic conditions (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(v)).

Passage 7

Your firm failed to perform operations within specifically defined areas of adequate size and to have separate or defined areas or such other control systems necessary to prevent contamination or mix-ups in aseptic processing areas (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)).

Passage 8

Your firm failed to ensure that only personnel authorized by supervisory personnel enter those areas of the buildings and facilities designated as limited-access areas (21 CFR 211.28(c)).

Passage 9

Your firm failed to ensure that aseptic processing areas include floors, walls, and ceilings of smooth, hard surfaces that are easily cleanable (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(i)).

Passage 10

Your firm failed to establish an adequate system for monitoring environmental conditions in aseptic processing areas (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(iv)).

Passage 11

Your firm failed to thoroughly investigate any unexplained discrepancy or failure of a batch or any of its components to meet any of its specifications, whether or not the batch has already been distributed (21 CFR 211.192).

Passage 12

Failure to Report Drugs

Citations in the original letter

As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.

  • 21 CFR 200.10(b)
  • 21 CFR 201.115
  • 21 CFR 210
  • 21 CFR 210.1(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.113(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.142
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(vi)
  • 21 CFR 211.28(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.100(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(v)
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)
  • 21 CFR 211.28(c)
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(i)
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(iv)
  • 21 CFR 211.192