Insulin Syringes Are Recalled

[katinchatt]

Hello,

For any of you who use, or knows anyone that uses Insulin Syringes ~ please read this!

Covidien Ltd. is recalling 471,000 disposable insulin syringes because of mislabeling that could cause patients to receive an overdose, federal regulators said. The company’s ReliOn hypodermic syringes could cause patients to receive as much as 2.5 times the intended dose, according to an e-mailed statement by the Food and Drug Administration. The syringes were sold at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, according to the statement.

http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20081106 ... s-recalled


Kat