A disinfectant for the hands sold at the national level recalled due to health problems, the FDA warns
The agency claims that the traveling cleaner could contain dangerous levels of a dangerous substance.
Even if it has been available for customers for a long time, the COVVI-19 pandemic has changed the rate from which people buy and use a hand disinfectant daily. Convenient bottles and portable wipes have become an increasingly common way to keep certain germs and viruses remotely between washing with soap and water while we are on the move. But before going to clean with your next spray or squirt, you may want to hold back after a brand of disinfectant for the hands sold on a national scale has been recalled. Read the rest for more information on the product and why it is considered a health risk.
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The FDA has just announced the recall of a hand-sold disinfectant sold in the United States.
On February 21, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Washington Nanomaterials Discovery Corporation had voluntarily recalled his disinfectant in the hand of an 80% antiseptic alcohol sold under the brand "Snowy Range Blue". This decision affects all the prizes produced by the company. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The recalled hand's disinfectant is packed in 4 ounce spraying distributor bottles with labels with a blue background and the NDC 75288-100-04 code printed above the listed ingredients. The company claims that the disinfectant was sent to distributors of the country to sell at consumers.
The product could contain dangerously high levels of a toxic substance.
Even if the product was intended to ensure the safety of people by reducing "bacteria which can potentially cause a disease", the company says that it has drawn the disinfectant from the hands of the market when certain lots contained dangerously high levels of Methanol who exceed the limits of the FDA.
According to the FDA, the toxic compound can cause symptoms such as "nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, convulsions, [and] coma". In extreme cases, this can cause "permanent damage to the nervous system or death". The agency warns that this represents an exceptionally high risk for young children who accidentally drink the product or adults who consume it as alcohol substitute.
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Anyone who bought the product must stop using it immediately and follow these steps.
According to the opinion of the FDA, there was no report of adverse reactions or medical events linked to the manual disinfectant recalled. But customers who bought the product are invited to stop using it immediately and throw it back or return it to its place of purchase for a refund.
Anyone who thinks he has experienced health problems following the use of the hand disinfectant must immediately contact his doctor or health care provider. Customers with questions can also contact Nanomaterials Discovery Corporation at the email address indicated in the agency's reminder notice.
There have been other recent reminders on potential health and safety problems.
The latest hand disinfectant reminder is only an example of how health and security guidelines in the United States are working to protect the public from potential damage. In fact, there have been several recent cases in which companies have withdrawn market products from serious health and safety risks.
On February 1, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that they jointly investigate a " largely resistant to drugs "Stump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria that seemed to be connected to 10 different brands of Artificial tears eye drops . At the end of January, agencies reported that 55 patients in 12 states were infected, reporting symptoms such as eye inflammation, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections and sepsis. In some more serious cases, patients have also undergone permanent vision loss, hospitalization and even death due to blood infection.
As a result, Global Pharma Healthcare made a voluntary recall of his artificial tears of Ezricare, LLC and Delsam "" by abundance of prudence "and said it was" fully cooperative "With the survey, said CBS News. The CDC and the FDA both advised consumers to stop using one of the products recalled and immediately search for medical care if they had symptoms of eye infection .
Other disinfected products have also been afraid of public security. On February 8, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Colgate-Palmolive Company had recalled nine varieties of his Fabuloso household cleaning products , affecting nearly 5 million bottles sold nationally. As the recall of the eye falls, the company said it has drawn the products from the shelves after discovering that it could be contaminated by bacteria of the species of pseudomonas, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa And Fluorescent pseudomonas . The agency has warned that even if microorganisms generally do not affect healthy people, they can cause serious infection in "people with weakened immune systems, external medical devices or underlying underlying pulmonary conditions ».
