Thousands of COVID tests should be thrown out immediately over bacteria risk, the FDA warns.
tests from Roche and SD Biosensor should be thrown out immediately, the Food and Drug Administration is warning, citing"significant concerns" over bacteria that could infect users of the tests.. 500,000 were distributed to CVS and 16,000 to Amazon.testing programs"SD Biosensor Inc., the manufacturer of the Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Test, informed Roche that this issue was identified during routine quality assurance testing.
So far, the FDA says it has not received any reports of injuries or deaths linked to contaminated tests. Evie Baik, a spokesperson for SD Biosensor, said in a statement that their probe has identified raw materials from one of their suppliers as the likely culprit.
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