New England Compounding Center: Mold And Bacteria Found Growing In ...
WASHINGTON - Federal health inspectors say 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 ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mass.: Fungus found at pharmacy linked to meningitis
... a leaking boiler near what was supposed to be a clean room at a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis.www.thedailyjournal.com
New England Compounding Center investigated, linked to meningitis outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration identified the maker of the steroid as New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy.www.oregonlive.com
New England Compounding did not follow sterility procedures, investigators ...
Drugs produced by the New England Compounding Center were not put through the minimum procedures required to ensure sterility and were shipped to customers before the pharmacy's own safety tests were completed, a state health official said Tuesday in ...www.boston.com
Pharmacy linked to meningitis deaths failed on sterility measures
Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center is being investigated for its role in the meningitis outbreak that has killed 23 people and infected 304 who received injections of its preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid used for ...www.reuters.com
New England Compounding Center, Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy, Shipped ...
Twenty-three people have died and more than 300 have become ill with fungal meningitis linked to steroid shots from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts. Medical experts say the outbreak is not over and there will be ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Philly-area hospitals got medicine from troubled compounding pharmacy, FDA ...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a preliminary report Tuesday evening about its investigation of the New England Compounding Center, a now-closed compounding pharmacy near Boston thought to have been the source of a fungal ...www.philly.com
Black fungus specks in vials among complaints at New England Compounding ...
The New England Compounding Center, at the heart of the meningitis outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of 23 people nationwide, has a history of complaints, poor health and safety standards and a failure to test for possible contamination, state ...www.cbsnews.com
Patients at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville alerted about meningitis ...
BELLEVILLE • About 50 hospitals and clinics in Illinois including St. Elizabeth's in Belleville may have received contaminated drugs from the New England Compounding Center, the target of an investigation into a nationwide meningitis outbreak ...www.stltoday.com
Surprise inspections for Mass. compounding pharmacies
An additional death has been reported. All this comes as Massachusetts begins a new effort to inspect pharmacies like the New England Compounding Center. Standing in a press conference at State department of Health Offices, Bureau Director for ...www.necn.com
Chicago Drug Injury Lawyer Says Evidence is Mounting About Pharmacy in ...
Reuters reported this week that Massachusetts public health officials had found records that the New England Compounding Center (NECC) repeatedly failed to wait for results of sterility tests on steroid injections before shipping them to doctors across ...www.ourmidland.com
Compounding Center Cleaning Problems
The New England Compounding Center had problems that included standing water that collected outside of a room that was supposed to be sterile. Inadequate sterilization of equipment was also evident. The center was already operating in violation of its ...www2.wjtv.com
Officials: Visible fungus at meningitis-linked pharmacy
... license of the New England Compounding Center. specialty pharmacy. The New England Compounding Center is under scrutiny as investigators try to determine how a steroid solution supplied by the pharmacy apparently became contaminated with a fungus ...www.usatoday.com
Meningitis Outbreak: Drug Plant Unsanitary
Visibly soiled mats at the entries to supposedly sterile areas. Leaking boiler water near a clean room. Improperly cleaned ... There have also been five peripheral joint infections for a total of 317 cases associated with an injectable steroid produced ...www.medpagetoday.com
A matter of Life, death & livelihood
Costello is concerned that an outbreak linked to 23 deaths and 308 illnesses, including four joint infections, from shots manufactured at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., will hurt his business. Costello, whose pharmacies are at ...decaturdaily.com
Visible fungal specks found in NECC steroid vials
An inspection by Massachusetts Public Health Department officials of the shuttered New England Compounding Center (NECC) unearthed disturbing findings in regard to sterility. ... In addition, a leaking boiler was located adjacent to the clean room.www.emaxhealth.com
Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Not Sterile
A report by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health, said the outbreak of the non-contagious fungal meningitis originated from a medication produced at the compounding pharmacy at the New England ...www.thirdage.com
State: Pharmacy Ignored Safety Rules
The drug-mixing pharmacy in Massachusetts linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak failed to sterilize its products the minimum required time, didn't keep its manufacturing equipment sanitary and operated a leaky boiler near the "clean room" where drugs ...online.wsj.com
Compounding Center's License Revoked
The Department of Public Health released the preliminary finding of its month-old, ongoing investigation into the New England Compounding Center on Tuesday, and Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality Director Madeleine Biondolillo reported "several ...www.wbjournal.com
Officials find problems at Mass. pharmacy
BOSTON -- Water from a leaking boiler collected just outside a room that was supposed to be sterile. Floor mats used by technicians were filled with dirt and debris.www.newsday.com
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