The FDA recalled Clinipad products from the market in 2000 because several packages that were supposed to be sterile were actually contaminated by bacteria. These packages were supposed to contain iodine, benzoin tincture and antiseptic products, but instead contained strains of harmful bacteria.
- Cliniswab
- Clinidine
- Cliniguard
- EZ Prep
- Cooper Instrument Corp.
- Moore Medical Corp.
- Rauscher
The recall was announced in the form of a letter sent to hospital administrators, risk managers, suppliers, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers. There were also numerous online warnings.
The affected products included prepackaged procedure kits and trays that contained supposedly sterile antiseptic skin preparations used for surgery and other medical procedures.
- Povidone iodine
- tincture of iodine
- Benzoin tincture
- acetone alcohol
- alcohol antiseptic products
- Cliniguard protective dressing
- swab sticks
- prep pads
- towelettes
- ointment tubes
- ointment pouches
- protective dressings
Most of the items were labeled “sterile,” but were not. They included harmful strains of
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Staphylococcus
These bacteria can cause serious skin infections and in some cases can lead to death. If you developed a serious infection after surgery, and you received the surgery before or around the time of the recall (2000), you might have been infected with a strain of bacteria from the supposedly sterile products. Contact a personal injury attorney if you were injured by one of these products.
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