Little shards of steel hurt like hell when they get embedded under your skin. They’re usually harder for me to pull out than simple wood splinters, and they always leave a nice red welt even after they’re gone. I can’t imagine how much damage little shards of steel would do if they would got into my bloodstream.
The Medicines Company said they are going to pull eleven lots of Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion off the market immediately. It turns out that “visible particulate matter… has been observed in some vials during a routine annual inspection.”
Even though “the particulate matter comprises sub-visible inert stainless steel particles of around 2.5 microns. When present in low numbers as observed, particles of this size are not known to constitute a health hazard”, they’re still doing the right thing and pulling them all off the market.
The recall is specifically for “lots 68-407-DJ, 68-408-DJ, 71-101-DJ and 71-106-DJ”
Drop ’em in the Biohazard bin ifya got ’em.
