Tamper evident closure assembly

A closure for a medical container, said closure comprising:

• a sleeve including an access opening disposed in communicating relation with an interior of said sleeve,
• a tip cap structured for attachment to a discharge port of a medical connector of said sleeve;
• said tip cap disposed within said sleeve in an accessible position relative to said access opening,
• said access opening dimensioned to receive said tip cap therethrough when attached to the medical container, upon removal of said tip cap from said interior of said sleeve,
• a retained structure comprising a flange connected to and extending outwardly from an exterior surface of said tip cap and movable therewith within said sleeve, upon said removal of said tip cap from the interior of said sleeve,
• a cover fixedly secured to one end of said sleeve opposite to said access opening;
• said cover disposed in closed, covering relation to said one end and in covering relation to said interior of said sleeve,
• a retainer fixedly connected to said sleeve and disposed within said sleeve initially in an intact, removably retaining engagement with said retained structure,
• said retainer comprising a plurality of segments collectively connected in separable, contiguous engagement with one another,
• said retainer disposed in a fixed, captured position within said sleeve, subsequent to detachment of said tip cap there from and removal of said tip cap from the interior of said sleeve through said access opening, and
• said intact, removably retaining engagement comprising said retainer disposed in retaining engagement with said retained structure.