The Food and Drug Administration yesterday  pharmacy and nursing professionals to a voluntary recall of seven lots of an injectable drug used to treat certain serious bacterial infections, which may contain glass particulate matter. The Teva Pharmaceuticals Amikacin Sulfate Injection USP vials were distributed nationwide through wholesalers, retailers and pharmacies. Anyone with an existing inventory of the recalled lots should stop using and quarantine the product immediately, FDA said. Health care professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of the product to the FDA's  program.

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