Two eye drop brands were removed from store shelves in January and February after being connected to a drug-resistant bacteria strain that has been responsible for at least one fatality and numerous severe health problems. In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning urging people to cease using artificial tears made by Delsam Pharma and EzriCare. The brand’s owner, Global Pharma, made a voluntary recall announcement the following month in reaction to a formal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation.
More individuals have lost their sight and the number of fatalities in an outbreak linked to contaminated, recalled eye drops has increased. The Washington State fatality was the first of three deaths, according to a Tuesday update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to reports, at least eight people have lost their vision, and four more have had their eyeballs surgically removed.
The CDC has not yet released any details regarding the affected individuals. Artificial tears from more than ten distinct brands have been recalled. Global Pharma Healthcare has been implicated in the majority of instances.
Healthcare facilities frequently have infections that spread via poor hand hygiene, negligent cleaning of medical apparatus, or both. The CDC estimates that the P. aeruginosa virus has caused 32,600 infections and 2,700 deaths among hospitalized patients in the United States. It is also resistant to a number of different medication classes. The CDC noted in its update that the strain has never been detected in the United States before.
The CDC and the FDA advise against using EzriCare and Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears. Later in February, a second recall was issued for Delsam’s Artificial Eye Ointment “due to possible microbial contamination.”
The FDA claims that the business improperly packaged its products and failed to adequately test them for bacterial contamination, which would have prevented bacterial growth in the event of contamination.
Earlier this month, two other companies had to withdraw some of their products. Because at least four container caps had developed cracks, Florida-based Apotex voluntarily withdrew six batches of its sterile Brimonidine Tartrate Ophthalmic Solution, 0.15 percent, on March 1.
In its update, the CDC stated that the strain linked to the epidemic had never been identified in the nation before. The investigation is being supported by the CDC, state agencies, and the FDA. A government commission in the Gambia had previously criticized the Indian pharmaceutical firm Maiden Pharmaceuticals for its role in the acute kidney injury deaths of 70 children just a few months before the incident involving Global Pharma.
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