Friday, October 26 2012 2:34 PM EDT2012-10-26 18:34:12 GMT
Another person has died in Tennessee from a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroid injections for back pain.more>>
Another person has died in Tennessee from a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroid injections for back pain.more>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health inspectors said they found bacteria and mold growing in rooms that were supposed to be kept sterile at the pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis.
The Food and Drug Administration has released its initial report after investigating the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, earlier this month.
Inspectors said they found green, yellow and red growths, water droplets and other potential contaminants in a room used to mix and seal specially formulated medicines.
Steroid injections made by the New England Compounding Center have been tied to an outbreak of fungal meningitis that has sickened 328 people across the U.S., causing 24 deaths. Last week FDA officials confirmed the black fungus found in company vials is the same as that which has sickened patients.
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Monday, May 20 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:59:25 GMT
Leaders in Rutherford county are asking questions after the sheriff's office there says they spent hundreds of dollars on items out of the fund that's made up of seized drug money. more>>
Leaders in Rutherford county are asking questions after the sheriff's office there says they spent hundreds of dollars on items out of the fund that's made up of seized drug money.more>>
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