Posted by Michael PhelanApril 23, 2013 10:36 AM
Gram-negative bacteria can cause disease and many types of infections. It is the type of contaminant that hospitals work hard to keep out of sterile environments like operating rooms. Over the last several years, there have been too many reports of compounding pharmacies- manufacturers of custom mixed medications- shipping tainted product to hospitals.
Several years ago, a compounding pharmacy named Central Admixture Pharmacy Services (CAPS) shipped from its Maryland facility bacteria- tainted cardioplegia to a hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The product was used in open heart surgeries.
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