Tuesday, October 16, 2012

From the Huffington Post: Experts list many ways funguses can taint drugs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121016/us-med-meningitis-lab-contamination/


Experts list many ways funguses can taint drugs


"NEW YORK — Experts say there are many ways funguses could have gotten inside the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of the nation's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.
Dirty conditions at the pharmacy, faulty sterilizing equipment, tainted ingredients or careless lab technicians could have led to contamination of the steroid medication blamed for the outbreak."

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