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TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 08:25 AM Mar 2021

Hand Sanitizer RECALL [View all]

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use

[3/25/2021] FDA is warning consumers and health care professionals not to use Durisan Antimicrobial Solutions Hand Sanitizer manufactured by Sanit Technologies LLC doing business as Durisan in Sarasota, Florida, due to microbial contamination. Durisan has voluntarily recalled its hand sanitizer product.

Durisan tested its hand sanitizer and found microbial contamination including high levels of Burkholderia cepacia complex and Ralstonia pickettii, which can lead to serious infections, including infection of the skin, soft tissues, lungs or bloodstream. Individuals with compromised immune systems are at increased risk. Infection can occur with use of the contaminated hand sanitizer by consumers or by health care professionals who may also transmit the contaminating bacteria to patients. Use of this contaminated hand sanitizer by health care professionals who tend to an at-risk patient, such as one with cystic fibrosis, could lead to adverse events ranging from a localized infection to lung or bloodstream infections, which could require patient hospitalization or extend an existing hospitalization.



YIKES!!


https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use#products



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Hand Sanitizer RECALL [View all] TigressDem Mar 2021 OP
KnR for visibility secondwind Mar 2021 #1
Thanks. Last thing I thought we'd have to worry about, but ewwww. nt TigressDem Mar 2021 #2
Gross! 2naSalit Mar 2021 #3
I know. TigressDem Mar 2021 #4
Durisan Ultra Hand Desanitizer! Shermann Mar 2021 #5
LOL --- what the market wants.... TigressDem Mar 2021 #6
You had ONE job... Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #7
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