The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 25 announced a nationwide recall of heparin and saline flush syringes made by AM2 PAT Inc. FDA said two lots of the pre-filled syringes have been found to be contaminated with Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause serious injury or death.
Some patients exposed to the recalled syringes have developed blood infections, FDA said. The agency advised health care facilities and consumers that have the recalled syringes to stop using them immediately.
Health care facilities should immediately quarantine the products in their inventory and return them to the distributor. Consumers should return them to wherever they got them, and let their health care providers know that they have been exposed to syringes recalled by FDA.
Any adverse reactions to the products should be reported to FDA’s MedWatch Program.
[ via AHA News Now ]
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