THE US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has issued a
Class I recall - the most serious type
of recall reserved only for devices
that may cause serious injury or
death - on Etest® Piperacillin/
Tazobactam 4mg/mL PTC 0.016-256
(PIP/TAZO/CON-4 PTC 256).
Currently used by health care
practitioners in the US to “help
predict if the antibiotic Piperacillin/
Tazobactam (PIP/TAZO) will
be effective in treating serious
infections”, the FDA has since
found that the affected product
“may not actually be effective in
treating those bacteria”, and in
fact could “result in increased time
in the hospital, unnecessary tests
or procedures, treatment failure,
sepsis and even death”.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 04 Jan 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 04 Jan 16
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