Alcohol Wipes Used by Hospitals Causing Potentially Deadly Infections
March 7th, 2011???
Via: MSNBC:
Within weeks, hospital officials were stunned to confirm that Peyton’s infection — along with what Nyquist would describe only as “a couple”of others — was caused by contaminated alcohol wipes produced by the hospital’s sole supplier: the Triad Group of Hartland, Wis.
“This is something really common in use in hospitals,” said Nyquist, noting that the hospital uses about 2,500 wipes each day. “When that is identified as the common source, everyone kind of goes, ‘Wow.’”
Federal Food and Drug Administration officials credit the hospital with sparking an investigation that led to Triad’s voluntary recall of hundreds of millions of alcohol swabs, wipes and pads widely used in hospitals, clinics and homes. Michael Rogers, the FDA’s acting director of the Office of Regional Operations, said inspectors were sent to the plant on Nov. 29, 2010, immediately after receiving The Children’s Hospital report.
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Peyton’s infection is only one of a growing number of horror stories blamed on the Triad wipes. Msnbc.com previously reported that infections with Bacillus cereus tied to the wipes led to open-heart surgery for Joe Postich, 55, of Madisonville, Tenn., and to the death of Harrison Kothari, 2, of Houston. In addition, more than 100 people have now reported other potential infections related to the wipes, according to Houston lawyer Jim Perdue Jr., who represents the Kotharis and expects to file a lawsuit soon on behalf of the Armstrongs.
Ha – that’s adorable…
My injectable medication comes every month with a stack of alcohol wipes (which I never bother with anyway) made by these guys.
I got a notification in the mail saying not to use any more of them, not because the wipes were contaminated with deadly bacteria, but because they had been determined to be “ineffective”.
o_0
They’re sure as hell effective at *something*.