rare quote mH/10t/3/19 «should be addrossed tothe 2s3040/5 4 ety REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH NDEKE HOUSE P.0. BOX 30205 LUSAKA 213 November, 2018 All Provincial Medical and District Directors REF: PRODUCT RECALL: LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE BP 1% W/V 3OMLS VIALS, BATCH NUMBER GQ607 Reference is made to the above subject matter. Ministry of Health is facilitating for product recall of Lidocaine 8P, 30mls vial, manufactured on 10/2016 and expiry date 09/2019 marketed and distributed by Unisel Pharma (K) Ltd. The Lidocaine in question has been reported to have caused severe adverse reactions fo the clients who underwent circumcisions on the copperbelt province. Investigations are ongoing to determine the actual cause of the reactions. You are kindly advised fo quarantine this batch of Lidocaine until investigations cre completed. District Pharmacy Managers are kindly advised to facilitate the collection of this batch from all health faclities under their supervision and to store the same consignment in their store room in o quarantined area pending resulls of the investigations. Replacement measures of this batch have already been put in place by the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programme. 1 his as a matter of urgency. You are requested to consider Dr. Kennetiy Malama Permanent Secretary (A) MINISTRY OF HEALTH