India, Aug. 5 -- Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals Inc. has commenced a voluntary recall of certain lots of its Eco-Gel 200 ultrasound gel after 15 people got sick due to bacterial contamination.
Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals said it doesn't know how its ultrasound gels got contaminated with the Burkholderia cepacia bacterial complex. These ultrasound gels are non-sterile and not indicated for sterile procedures, the company said in a statement. The Canadian company has recalled eight lots of EcoGel 200 and MediChoice M500812. The recalled EcoGel 200 and MediChoice M500812 lot Nos. are B029; B030; B031; B032; B040; B041; B048; and B055.
Eco-Med said it is conducting a comprehensive investigation to determine the root cause of this contamination and take ...