The CDC is urging health care providers and consumers to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears as it conducts an investigation into multiple infections
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers and consumers to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears as it conducts an investigation into at least 50 infections in 11 states that have led to instances of permanent vision loss, hospitalization and one death.
Testing of open EzriCare bottles identified Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria that were resistant to carbapenem antibiotics as well as the antibiotics ceftazidime and cefepime. Testing of unopened bottles is ongoing, the CDC says. New Jersey-based EzriCare says in a statement dated January 24 that it has not received any consumer complaints or adverse event reports.
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