In South Jersey, 13 sick with bacterial infection linked to contaminated syringes

Pre-filled syringes produced by a Texas-based medical device manufacturer are linked to 13 new cases of a bacterial infection in New Jersey, where several dozen people have already been affected. The 13 new cases, 10 in Atlantic County and three in Ocean County, come five weeks after Halton City, Texas-based Nurse Assist voluntarily recalled all of its I.V. flush syringes "due to a potential link to Burkholderia cepacia bloodstream infections with the product," according to the FDA. The v oluntary…
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