B. Braun Recalls Batches of Heparin
March 24, 2008 · Filed Under Health Care · 1 Comment
Since January 19 people have died as a result of being given the contaminated blood thinner, heparin. My own mother was in the hospital being given this drug in her IV when they came into her room and removed the drug for testing. They said it was OK and gave it back to her.
The problem was, as I understand it was that it was contaminated with something that so closely resembled heparin it passed tests as uncontaminated. The drugs were made in China and distributed here. They were not sure where the contamination took place, nor were they sure if it was purposefully done or a natural reaction of some kind.