Deadly infections from healthcare related products are very common.

Not all hospital infections patients suffer from are airborne or transmitted from healthcare workers. Some occur as a result of faulty medical or contaminated medical products.
 
Oct. 5, 2012 - PRLog -- Deadly infections from healthcare related products are very common.

Not all hospital infections patients suffer from are airborne or transmitted from healthcare workers. Some occur as a result of faulty medical or contaminated medical products.

A horrific outbreak is currently occurring related to contaminated steroids solutions used in injections.  An outbreak from fungal meningitis has sickened at least 35 people in six states (including 25 in Tennessee). As of October 4th, 2012 the hospital infection killed a total of at least five people. Officials said today that 23 states have received the suspicious steroid injections from the New England Compounding Company.  The harm from the contaminated steroids solution is expected to continue to occur as thousands of vials have been distributed and many could have been used on patients.  

The following are additional examples of recent product-related infections or visit http://www.healthcareinfection.com/product-related-infections/ for more information on product related infections.

•   In April of 2012 The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors, hospitals and clinics that contaminated ultrasound gel produced by Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. infected 16 cardiac patients and could pose serious risks to pregnant women and others who undergo ultrasound imaging and treatment.

•   Investigators studying a recent outbreak in Texas determined that the infections were likely caused by unclean instruments or by fluids that passed through them. Contaminated arthroscopic shavers which had been properly cleaned according to instructions provided by the manufacturer were found to still to still have pieces of human tissue and bone inside them, increasing the risk of infection transmission.

•   In early January 2011, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) received 201 reports of problems with Triad alcohol wipes, including allegations of seven deaths, 114 infections and 87 minor problems, such as rashes. This information is according to a summary of the agency’s MedWatch reporting system.

•   In March 2012 the FDA announced an urgent recall of Brilliant Blue G, a dye used in eye surgery and compounded at Franck’s Compounding Lab in Ocala, FL. According to the recall notice, Brilliant Blue G has been associated with an unspecified fungal infection of the eye.

•   In August of 2012 a study found that Nose jobs done with a common type of plastic implant may have a higher complication rate than previously thought. The infection rate was even higher than I would have expected,” said Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Boston Medical Center. And when artificial implants get infected, he added, giving antibiotics often is not enough. Instead, the implants will have to be taken out, leading to another surgery.
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