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Tygacil (tigecycline): Label Change
Healthcare professionals should consider alternatives to Tygacil in patients with severe infections.
Huber Needles: Recall
Risk of infection, damage or death of tissue, swelling, or other serious adverse health consequences occurring as a result of the core travelling through blood vessels into the patient’s lungs.
Fingerstick Devices to Obtain Blood Specimens: Initial Communication
Increase in reports of bloodborne infection transmission resulting from the shared use of fingerstick and point-of-care blood testing devices.
No Specific Cause Found Yet Linking Dry Max Diapers to Diaper Rash
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC) have reviewed consumer incident reports and other information involving Pampers Dry Max diapers. To date, the review has not identified any specific cause linking Dry Max diapers to diaper rash.
Toshiba Recalls T Series Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard
The notebook computers can overheat at the notebook's plug-in to the AC adapter, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Swing Sets Recalled by Kompan Inc. for Repair Due to Fall Hazard
The joint connection between the horizontal top beam and the vertical end bracket and support post system can crack and break, posing a fall and impact hazard to users.
Health officials remind Missourians about recommendations for avoiding Salmonella
The head of the sledge hammer can loosen and detach, posing a risk of impact injury to consumers.
Income guidelines set for child and adult day care food programs
The head of the sledge hammer can loosen and detach, posing a risk of impact injury to consumers.
New resources now available to help Missourians on supplemental oxygen prepare for emergencies
The head of the sledge hammer can loosen and detach, posing a risk of impact injury to consumers.
Starwatch Consumer | $600 million Botox settlement; nervous shoppers; mortgage applications rise
Allergan Inc., maker of the wrinkle smoother Botox, said it agreed to pay $600 million and plead guilty to a single misdemeanor charge in settling a U.S. investigation of its marketing practices.
Updated car stickers would include environmental information
WASHINGTON | Will your new car get an A in fuel efficiency? A government proposal may add letter grades to showroom window stickers on new cars and trucks to reflect a vehicle’s overall fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions.
Starwatch Consumer | Hyundai Sonata inquiry; price of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions to rise; suit against Brooks Brothers to proceed
The government has opened an investigation into possible steering problems in the 2011 Hyundai Sonata.
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WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance
20 August 2010 -- WHO suggests that countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and to reinforce national policy on prudent use of antibiotics, reducing the generation of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
H1N1 in post
10 August 2010 -- The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course and the world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert, but in the post-pandemic period.
WHO responds to health needs in Pakistan floods
3 August 2010 -- The worst floods on record in Pakistan are placing the health of hundreds of thousands of people at risk, with a high threat of water-borne disease outbreaks and immense damage to health facilities. WHO is coordinating the response of health partners and supporting Pakistani authorities by sending medicines and related health supplies capable of treating more than 200 000 people.
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