| Subject: | CDC Issues Health Alert on Contaminated Magnesium Sulfate |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Tue, 12 Apr 2005 - 10:00 am |
| The March 2005, the FDA and PharMEDium Services issued a notice alerting healthcare professionals about the withdrawal of one lot of PharMEDium's Magnesium Sulfate intravenous solution - 1 (one) gram in 50 mL D5W (in IV piggyback form) due to possible contamination with Serratia marcescens. The lot number of the affected Magnesium Sulfate (1 gm in 50 mL D5W IV piggyback) was 100504900049, with an expiration date of 4-4-05. The CDC has issued a health alert related to the previous withdrawal of... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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