🚨CONSUMER ALERT🚨: The number of people who have developed treatment-resistant bacterial infections from tainted eye drops continues to grow.
May 22, 2023 – The number of people who have developed treatment-resistant bacterial infections from tainted eye drops continues to grow. An additional 13 cases have been confirmed since the CDC’s last update in March, many of which were identified since the eye products were officially recalled.
One additional death has been reported, bringing the death total to four people. In all, 81 people across 18 states have been infected since May 2022, including 14 people who experienced vision loss and four people who had to have their eyeballs surgically removed. Among the newly reported cases, seven had specimens collected after the recall was issued in February. Three products, made in India, have beenin connection with the outbreak: EzriCare Artificial Tears, Delsam Pharma Artificial Tears, and Delsam Pharma Artificial Ointment.
“Of the 7 patients who had specimens collected after the recall, most either resided in long-term care facilities with other known cases or reported use of a recalled brand of artificial tears,” the CDC reported in itsEarlier this year, the FDA halted the import of the recalled products and visited the plant in India where they were made, which is owned by Global Pharma Healthcare.
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