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0.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD PosiFlush™ SP Syringe

K250884510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 2, 2025253-day reviewClass II21 CFR 880.5200

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Becton, Dickinson and Company · NGT Saline, Vascular Access Flush

Cleared on Dec 2, 2025 as substantially equivalent to K161552 (Becton, Dickinson and Company, 2017) after a 253-day review. Its family tree reaches back 5 generations to 2001.

Decided
Dec 2, 2025
Review
253 days
Class
Class II
Product code
NGT
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 5 generations to K003553 (2001). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

  1. Root · 5 generations backK003553 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Pre-Filled Flush SyringeBd Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems Preanalytic · 2001
  2. 4 generations backK042061 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Postflush SF Flush SyringeBecton Dickinson · 2004 · Recalled
  3. 3 generations backK121050 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Usp BD Posiflush Flush Syringe, SF…Becton, Dickinson & CO · 2013 · Recalled
  4. 2 generations backK141311 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Posiflush; SP Syringe, SF…Becton, Dickinson and Company · 2014
  5. 1 generation backK161552 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP BD PosiFlush SP SyringeBecton, Dickinson and Company · 2017 · Recalled
  6. This deviceK250884 0.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD PosiFlush™ SP SyringeBecton, Dickinson and Company · 2025
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−5K0035530.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Pre-Filled Flush SyringeBd Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems Preanalytic2001—
−4K0420610.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Postflush SF Flush SyringeBecton Dickinson200413
−3K1210500.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Usp BD Posiflush Flush Syringe, SF Flush SyringeBecton, Dickinson & CO20131
−2K1413110.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp BD Posiflush; SP Syringe, SF SyringeBecton, Dickinson and Company2014—
−1K1615520.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP BD PosiFlush SP SyringeBecton, Dickinson and Company20173
0 (this device)K2508840.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD PosiFlush™ SP SyringeBecton, Dickinson and Company2025—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K250884, 2001–2025Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K1615520.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP BD PosiFlush SP Syringe
Summary page 5
…Class II Product Code: NGT Classification Panel: General Hospital Predicate Device 510(k) Number: K161552 Trade Name: 0.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD…
Becton, Dickinson and Company20173

Also cleared against K161552: 1 other device →

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • The line of descent spans 24 years and passes through 4 companies; a new generation was cleared every 3.4 years on median.
  • 3 of the 5 ancestors have a recall of any class.
  • 1 other device also cites its predicate K161552.

How does its category compare?

All NGT devices

NGT Saline, Vascular Access Flush: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years. 2025, this device’s year, is highlighted.

FDA decisions per year · NGT

1in 2025

2008: 12009: 12010: 22011: 32012: 42013: 12014: 32015: 12016: 12017: 22018: 12019: 22020: 22022: 32023: 62024: 12025: 1
2007high 6 (2023) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · NGT

142in 2023

2011: 219 days median2012: 106 days median2014: 87 days median2022: 151 days median2023: 142 days median
2007high 219 (2011) · low 87 (2014)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · NGT

1in 2025

2007: 22009: 12010: 72011: 12012: 12013: 1, 1 Class I2016: 1, 1 Class I2019: 22021: 1, 1 Class I2022: 12023: 3, 2 Class I2025: 12026 (partial year): 1, 1 Class I
2007high 7 (2010) · low 0 (2008)2026

Class I (6 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · NGT

212in 2025

2007: 312008: 642009: 182010: 232011: 202012: 52013: 252014: 252015: 142016: 822017: 562018: 2702019: 3402020: 3222021: 5662022: 2822023: 3132024: 3322025: 212
2007high 566 (2021) · low 5 (2012)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code NGT, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—231
20081—064
20091—118
20102—723
20113219120
2012410615
20131—1 (1)25
2014387025
20151—014
20161—1 (1)82
20172—056
20181—0270
20192—2340
20202—0322
20210—1 (1)566
202231511282
202361423 (2)313
20241—0332
20251—1212
20260—1 (1)—

What is it indicated for?

The 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD PosiFlush SP Syringe is intended to be used only for the flushing of indwelling vascular access devices.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K250884: 0.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, BD PosiFlush™ SP Syringe.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K250884

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026