FDA Warns Of Major Hand Sanitizer Recall

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FDA Warns Of Major Hand Sanitizer Recall

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday not

to use skin products made by Clarcon because of high levels of disease-causing

bacteria found during a recent inspection.

Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory Inc. of Roy, Utah, issued a voluntary

recall of some skin sanitizers and skin protectants marketed under several

different brand names, the FDA said in a statement.

Consumers should not use any Clarcon products and should throw them away, the

FDA said.

Analyses of several samples of over-the-counter topical antimicrobial skin

sanitizer and skin protectant products revealed high levels of various bacteria,

including some associated with unsanitary conditions, according to the agency.

Some of these bacteria can cause opportunistic infections of the skin and

underlying tissues and could result in medical or surgical attention as well as

permanent damage.

Examples of products that should be discarded include Citrushield Lotion,

Dermasentials DermaBarrier, Dermassentials by Clarcon, Antimicrobial Hand

Sanitizer, Iron Fist Barrier Hand Treatment, Skin Shield Restaurant, Skin Shield

Industrial, Skin Shield Beauty Salon Lotion, Total Skin Care Beauty and Total

Skin Care Work.

The FDA said its findings, following a recent inspection of the Clarcon

facility, are particularly concerning because the products are promoted as

antimicrobial agents that claim to treat open wounds and damaged skin and

protect against various infectious diseases. The inspection uncovered serious

deviations from FDA's Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, the agency said.

Calls to Clarcon for comment Monday night were not answered.

On the Net: FDA: www.fda.gov

Clarcon: http://www.clarconlabs.net

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. .)

 

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