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Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): Patient Safety News
Posted on 1 March 2010 | 12:00 am
Preventing Medical Errors: Medical Errors from Misreading Letters and NumbersAn article by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) reminds healthcare practitioners how dangerous it can be to misread the letters and numbers on prescriptions, drug orders and medical records. Unfortunately, these mistakes are easy to...
Posted on 1 March 2010 | 12:00 am
Recalls and Safety Alerts: Cleviprex Recalled due to ParticulatesHere's information about a recall of certain lots of Cleviprex injectable emulsion, an antihypertensive drug made by The Medicines Company. Vials in the recalled lots may contain particulate matter which has been found to be inert stainless ste...
Posted on 1 March 2010 | 12:00 am
Recalls and Safety Alerts: Don't Use Thermoflect Products with MRIThe manufacturer Encompass Group is alerting healthcare professionals that Thermoflect products should not be used in an MRI environment. These products, such as blankets and apparel, are intended to prevent hypothermia by keeping patients warm usin...
Posted on 1 March 2010 | 12:00 am
Recalls and Safety Alerts: Safety Precautions for Huber NeedlesFDA is alerting healthcare professionals about safety precautions to be used with Huber needles, and about a recall of one company's products. Huber needles are used to access ports implanted in chronically ill patients to withdraw blood and infuse ...
Posted on 1 March 2010 | 12:00 am
Recalls and Safety Alerts: Valproate Sodium and Birth DefectsFDA is reminding healthcare professionals and patients about an increased risk of birth defects in infants whose mothers took valproate sodium and related products during pregnancy. These drugs, which are used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and...
Food and Drug Administration--Recalls/Safety Alerts
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:06 pm
Olde Westport Spice Announces a Voluntary Recall of Garden Harvest Special Blend SeasoningOlde Westport Spice announced that it is voluntarily recalling 5- and 10-oz. jars and 20-oz. bags of Garden Harvest Special Blend Seasoning because an ingredient used in the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 9:44 pm
Quaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar Voluntarily Recalled Due to Possible Health RiskQuaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar is being voluntary recalled after Basic Food Flavors, Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada initiated a recall of their hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) due to potential Salmonella contamination. HVP is a very minor ingredient in the seasoning for this product. Although every seasoning lot tested negative for Salmonella, and there are no reports of Salmonella–related illness related to this product, the product is voluntarily being recalled out of an abundance of caution.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 5:46 pm
Ventura Foods, LLC Voluntarily Recalls Seven Varieties of Its Dean’s® Dip Products As A Precautionary MeasureVentura Foods, LLC is voluntarily recalling seven of its Dean’s® Dip products, with specific production dates, because a flavor enhancer may be contaminated with salmonella. The flavor enhancer is made by an ingredient supplier, Basic Food Flavors, Inc., in Las Vegas. This is the same ingredient linked to the Food & Drug Administration’s recall announcement Thursday.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 5:28 pm
Publix Issues Voluntary Recall on Four Seasoning MixesPublix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for four (4) varieties of seasoning mixes. The products have been manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada. The HVP may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 4:16 pm
Kroger Recalls Two Onion Soup & Dip Mixes Due to Possible Health RiskThe Kroger Co. said today it is recalling Kroger Onion Soup & Dip Mix and Kroger Beefy Onion Soup & Dip Mix sold in some of its retail stores because the Company has been made aware by a supplier that an ingredient in the product may have been contaminated with Salmonella.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recent Recalls and Product Safety News
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:15 am
Telebrands Recalls Scarves with Microwaveable Heat Packs Due to Fire and Burn HazardsThe heat packs can overheat when heated in a microwave oven, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:15 am
Byer California Recalls Girl's Jackets with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation HazardThe drawstrings on the neck and waist of the jacket can pose a strangulation or entrapment hazard to children.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:15 am
Girl's Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by Regaliti Due to Strangulation Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Burlington Coat FactoryThe jackets have a drawstring through the hood, which can pose a strangulation hazard to young children.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:15 am
Boys' Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by Brand Evolution Due to Strangulation HazardThe hoodies have drawstrings through the hoods that pose a strangulation hazard to children.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 3:20 pm
Gerber Legendary Blades Recalls Machetes Due to Laceration HazardThe saw side of the machete can stick in wood during use, and if the user's hand slips off the handle and slides forward across the machete blade, this poses a laceration hazard.