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Bacteria Sparks Recall for Devicemaker

April 19, 2012
The FDA has issued a recall for Pharmaceutical Innovations’ Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel, lot nos. 060111, 090111 and 120111. The FDA received a report from a hospital that 16 patients had developed colonization or infection with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Each of these patients were examined with transesophageal ultrasound probes using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel.