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Article: Contaminated Antiseptic Products Recalled.(Clinipad Corp.)(Brief Article)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Antiseptic sterile skin products manufactured by Clinipad Corp. of Rocky Hill, Conn., were voluntarily recalled by the company in March because they could be contaminated by bacteria that cause serious--even life-threatening--skin, wound, or other infections. The products are frequently used at blood collection centers.
There have been no known instances of blood contamination traceable to the recalled products; however, the company confirmed bacterial contamination in some lots of its sterile products, one of which was recalled in December 1999, and could not assure the sterility of other products labeled and sold as sterile.
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