Printer Ink is Found Inside 36,000 bottles of Eye Drops

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<p><font size=”5″><strong>Printer Ink is Found Inside 36,000 bottles of Eye Drops</strong><br />
<font size=”4″>Almost 36,000 bottles of prescription eye drops need to be sent back to their manufacturer, after they were found to contain printing ink.</font></font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>Bausch and Lomb, the maker of the drops, has sent letters to doctors and chemists ordering the return of 1,780 batches, each containing 20 bottles of the solution, which is used as a local anaesthetic for eye procedures in hospitals.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>A spokeswoman for the company said: “Bausch and Lomb is conducting a voluntary recall of a single lot of proxymetacaine 0.5 per cent Minims Eye Drops Solution.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“We chose to initiate this recall after confirming a report of the presence of foreign particles in a product from this single lot.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“No other products in the Minims range or other Bausch and Lomb products are affected by this action.”</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>There is so far no evidence of injury to users as a result of the blunder.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>In a letter to hospitals and pharmacies, Irene Fazakerley, from the Scottish Government’s health department, said: “Bausch and Lomb is recalling the batch because black particles have been identified in some packs.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“Initial investigations suggest that the contaminant is printing ink, in which case we understand that the risk of toxicity is low.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“No other batches of this or any other product are affected.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“Healthcare professionals are asked to quarantine remaining stock and contact the wholesaler from which it was obtained to arrange uplift and replacement.”</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>A spokesman from the drug watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said: “These eye drops are only used in hospitals and administered by medical professionals.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>“We don’t anticipate that people will have them at home.”</font></p>

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January 10, 2013 at 8:41 AM