The meningitis outbreak resulted from tainted epidural steroid injections could have been prevented. But since the FDA didn’t use its authority for this goal properly, over 500 persons were contaminated with this disease and 39 persons died.
Tennessee officials turned out to show competence under these circumstances. They were praised by legislators for their decisive actions.
It was reported that numerous persons who had been given epidural steroid injections manufactured by the NECC experienced complications. When Tennessee health officials were informed about this situation, they enforced all health facilities to stop using drugs produced by the pharmacy from Massachusetts. Moreover, they informed immediately about contamination health officials of other states. Actions of Tennessee health officials were quick and decisive. They didn’t hesitate and did everything in order to prevent further contamination and improve the situation.
If Tennessee health officials hadn’t acted so rapidly and competently, more individuals would have been contaminated with fungal meningitis and more deaths would have occurred.
When it comes to the FDA, it appeared to be incompetent. It didn’t utilize its authority decisively in order to improve the situation. Then it tried to justify its negligence, noticing that its power was not cleared and established enough to influence on such large-scale compounding pharmacies, as the NECC. But legislators didn’t accept the FDA’s excuse.
Tennessee health officials deserve to obtain a gold medal for their efforts.
Although certain individuals think that they could avoid contamination, warnings about risks still exist. A lot of individuals are still at the hospital. Others are visited by health officials. If any side symptoms occur at injection sites of those that have administered the contaminated steroids, they should call physicians at once.
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