ChloraPrep FREPP, 2% recall — Carefusion 213, LLC (Class II)

Carefusion 213, LLC is recorded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as recalling ChloraPrep FREPP, 2% — a Class II recall, initiated 2026-06-11 and posted to the FDA enforcement report on 2026-07-08, under recall number D-0646-2026. Status Ongoing, with no termination date on the record. The reason the FDA record carries is, verbatim: “Lack of assurance of sterility: Unsterilized ChloraPrep & PurPrep Applicators, intended for further processing and sterilization were instead distributed to customers outside of the intended distribution channel”. From the product description, the form is solution and the strengths given are 2%, 70% and 1.5 mL. 1 National Drug Code number is printed in the record: 54365-400-30. Distribution is recorded as “Distributed Nationwide in the USA” — Nationwide (US), with the recalling firm on record in TX, United States. The FDA files it under event ID 99217 together with 9 other recall numbers, all listed and linked below. Within that event this is the strength 2% · 70% · 1.5 mL, ndc 54365-400-30 and product named ChloraPrep FREPP configuration; the sibling records differ on strength, ndc and product named and match on everything else the source states. Values are reproduced from the linked openFDA report; regulatory information, not medical advice.

Regulatory snapshot

Recall number D-0646-2026
FDA event ID 99217 (10 recall numbers)
Classification Class II (intermediate regulatory tier)
Status Ongoing
Recalling firm Carefusion 213, LLC
Recall initiated 2026-06-11
Reported by FDA 2026-07-08
Report lag 27 days from initiation to report
Distribution Distributed Nationwide in the USA — Nationwide (US)
Firm location on record TX, United States
Product description (source) ChloraPrep FREPP, Clear, (2% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 70% v/v isopropyl alcohol) 500 x 1.5 mL applicators/case, STERILE SOLUTION, CareFusion 123, LLC, El Paso, TX, subsidiary of Beckton, Dickson and Co. NDC 54365-400-30, Catalog number 930599NSB

Reason reported by FDA

Lack of assurance of sterility: Unsterilized ChloraPrep & PurPrep Applicators, intended for further processing and sterilization were instead distributed to customers outside of the intended distribution channel

27 words from the enforcement report field reason_for_recall, reproduced without edit — the firm's own wording, not an assessment.

Product identifiers in this record

5 identifying values matched by exact pattern in the 37-word product description above; each is a literal substring of it.

Product named ChloraPrep FREPP
Form Solution
Strength 2% · 70% · 1.5 mL
NDC 54365-400-30

Which configuration this record is

10 recall numbers share event 99217. They differ on strength, ndc and product named and agree on everything else the source states, so those are the values to check a package against.

Attribute This record (D-0646-2026) D-0643-2026D-0644-2026D-0645-2026D-0647-2026D-0648-2026D-0649-2026D-0650-2026D-0651-2026D-0652-2026
Strength 2% · 70% · 1.5 mL 2% · 70% · 10.5 mL8.3% · 0.83% · 72.5% · 26 mL2% · 70% · 3ml2% · 70% · 3 mL · 3mL2% · 70% · 26 mL2% · 70% · 10.5 mL2% · 70% · 26 mL2% · 70% · 1 mL2% · 70% · 10.5 mL
NDC 54365-400-30 54365-400-3554365-014-4254365-400-3254365-400-3354365-400-3854365-400-3654365-400-3954365-400-3154365-400-34
Product named ChloraPrep FREPP BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite OrangeBD PurPrepBD ChloraPrep ClearBD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite OrangeBD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite OrangeBD ChloraPrep Scrub TealBD ChloraPrep Scrub TealBD ChloraPrep CLearBD ChloraPrep CLear

Shared across all 10 records under this event: form Solution; fda tier Class II; recalling firm Carefusion 213, LLC; the same reason text; initiated 2026-06-11; reported 2026-07-08.

Event context: 10 recall numbers under event 99217

One enforcement action, 10 recall numbers: the FDA filed 9 further configurations of this action under event 99217. Each keeps its own recall number and dates.

Recall recordRecall numberFDA tierStrength / formNDCReported
BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange, 2%D-0643-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-352026-07-08
BD PurPrep, 8.3%D-0644-2026Class II8.3% · Solution54365-014-422026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep Clear, 2%D-0645-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-322026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange, 2%D-0647-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-332026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange, 2%D-0648-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-382026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep Scrub Teal, 2%D-0649-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-362026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep Scrub Teal, 2%D-0650-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-392026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep CLear, 2%D-0651-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-312026-07-08
BD ChloraPrep CLear, 2%D-0652-2026Class II2% · Solution54365-400-342026-07-08

Other indexed recalls from Carefusion 213, LLC

17 indexed records name Carefusion 213, LLC as the recalling firm, across 4 FDA events, reported 2026-05-13 to 2026-07-22. A coverage-limited activity count over the ingested window, not a quality rating.

Recall recordRecall numberFDA tierStrength / formReported
BD ChloraPrep Clear, 2%D-0690-2026Class II2% · Solution2026-07-22
BD ChloraPrep Clear, 2%D-0622-2026Class II2% · Solution2026-07-01
BD ChloraPrep FREPP Clear, 2%D-0623-2026Class II2% · Solution2026-07-01
BD ChloraPrep Clear, 2%D-0624-2026Class I2% · Solution2026-07-01
BD ChloraPrep FREPP Clear, 2%D-0625-2026Class I2% · Solution2026-07-01
BD PurPrep, 8.3%D-0517-2026Class II8.3% · Solution2026-05-13
BD PurPrep, 8.3%D-0518-2026Class II8.3% · Solution2026-05-13

Reading this record

Class II is the FDA's own severity tier for the recall action — 213 of the 250 indexed records carry it — and it describes the agency's assessment of the action, not a risk statement about any individual. A search on event 99217 returns all 10 of these recall numbers; a search on D-0646-2026 returns only this configuration. Match a package against 54365-400-30 at the FDA source to confirm it is covered.

Namespace context: the Class II index (213 records) and the recall hub (250 records, 118 FDA events); Carefusion 213, LLC (17 indexed records) aggregates this firm across datasets.

Coverage and limits of this record

This page reflects the openFDA enforcement report for D-0646-2026 as ingested on 2026-08-22, which can lag the live FDA record and omits detail held only in primary documents. It offers no clinical assessment, no advice about whether to use any product, and no substitute. For any health question consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Source & provenance

Official source
https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0646-2026%22
Source dataset
openFDA Drug Enforcement API
Publication date
2026-07-08
Ingested
2026-08-22
Record hash
27f9f81fdfb3b2ca

Verify every value against the official FDA source above. This site links to the regulator's record rather than replacing it.