Quick answers
- What is Lactated Ringers Irrigation?
- Lactated Ringers Irrigation is a brand name of Sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Lactated Ringers Irrigation product in 1 strength and form.
- Who makes Lactated Ringers Irrigation?
- B Braun holds the FDA application for Lactated Ringers Irrigation (NDA018681, approved December 27, 1982).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Lactated Ringers Irrigation?
- Other products of Sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Lactated Ringers Irrigation product.
- Has Lactated Ringers Irrigation been recalled?
- FDA enforcement reports list 1 recall of Lactated Ringers Irrigation products; the newest started April 2, 2026. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.
What Lactated Ringers Irrigation is
Each Lactated Ringers Irrigation product as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, by active ingredient, strength and form, with its official label. “Same medicine, other names” counts the other products with exactly the same active ingredients, strength and form (generic versions, store brands and other brands); inactive ingredients can differ.
Sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| calcium chloride 20 mg/100 mL · potassium chloride 30 mg/100 mL · sodium chloride 600 mg/100 mL · sodium lactate 310 mg/100 mL solution (irrigation) | Lactated Ringers Irrigation | None listed | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
| Application | Holder | First approved | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDA018681 | B Braun | December 27, 1982 | 1 |
Companies that list Lactated Ringers Irrigation
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Lactated Ringers Irrigation products.
- B. Braun Medical Inc.1 product
Recalls
From FDA enforcement reports, matched by the product’s NDC code or label. A recall usually covers specific lots: check the lot number on your package and ask your pharmacist. Do not stop a medicine on your own.
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April 2, 2026 · Class II · Ongoing · D-0498-2026
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; potential for leakage from the diaphragm port once the foil is removed.
LACTATED RINGER'S IRRIGATION, 3000 mL bags, Sterile, Ex only, B. Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA 18018-3524, USA, NDC: 0264-7389-60. — B BRAUN MEDICAL INC
Sources
- NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026 — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov, list of November 4, 2026, retrieved November 7, 2026
Which names get a brand page: a name the NDC Directory lists for a medicine, held by one company (the FDA application holder, or the company named on most of its products), that is not just a description, and that is not the only product of its medicine.