Saturday, December 1, 2012

New England Compounding Center in the news

 A NY Times article  FDA details Contamination Found at Pharmacy, provides additional information about conditions in the pharmacy. 

Jennifer Frazer from Scientific American interviewed Glen Roberts a retired Medical Mycologist from the Mayo Clinic  on Exserohilum rostratumThis fungal plant pathogen was found as a contaminant in the steroids injected into humans.

Clean room particle counts listed for various clean room classification.

Update from the Washington Post notes that other compounding centers in the US have had problems.  At least one, the Massachusetts branch of the Central Admixture Pharmacy Services is  under current investigation. 

The Huffington Post reported that the FDA wanted to close the pharmacy down in 2003.  The deferred to local Massachusetts authorities to resolve the situation.



CBS6 Albany November 6, 2012 90 people report symptoms - 1 minute



CDC initial summary of cases October, 2017 - 4 min. 

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