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FDA Warning for Tainted Tissue Transplants

December 14, 2012 — RTI Biologics has received a Warning Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after investigators found contamination issues at the facility. RTI sells human tissues (mostly tendons, ligaments, bones, and skin), and “bone...

Paramedic Drug Tampering May Have Infected 57

October 1, 2012 — Boston health department officials are notifying 57 people that they may have been exposed to a blood infection when they were treated by ambulance during the summer of 2011. A city ambulance worker may have been diverting injectable opioid...

$21 Million Award in Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury Lawsuit

August 2, 2012 — A Baltimore jury has awarded the family of Jaylan Norfleet $21 million for his birth injuries. Attorneys for Jayden’s family claim he suffered cerebral palsy due to oxygen deprivation during birth. His family alleges that his injuries occurred...

Man Arrested in Exeter Hospital Hepatitis C Outbreak

July 19, 2012 — Law enforcement has arrested David Matthew Kwiatowski in connection with a Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire. “With his arrest, we have eliminated the menace this ‘serial infector’ posed to the public health,” said U.S....

Dentist May Have Reused Needles, Patients Should Get Tested

July 17, 2012 — The Colorado State Health Department is advising former patients of Dr. Stephen Stein, an oral surgeon, to get tested for HIV and hepatitis infections. A health department investigation accuses the oral surgeon of re-using syringes and needles on...

MRSA Outbreaks Tied to Reuse of Single-Dose Vial Injections

July 13, 2012 — In this week’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that two outbreaks of invasive, drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred because health care professionals improperly...