FDA Expands NECC Recall - 13 Facilities In DE Now Included - WMDT 47 News - Delmarva's Choice

DELAWARE - Officials are informing Delaware residents, who received spinal and joint injections, that the medication they received could now be recalled under the Food and Drug Administration's expanded recall of mediations.

The FDA has expanded the recall to of all New England Compounding Center medications, and told the Delaware Division of Pubic Health that 13 health care providers in Delaware received the medications that are now part of the recall. No illnesses in Delaware have been linked to the NECC medications.

All the facilities have been contacted, and have reportedly stopped using the medications. Patients who got the shots of the recalled medications, should be contacted by the facility they received it at. The products could have been administered into joints, the spine, eyes, or used during heart surgery.

DPH is advising anyone who received the shots, and is experiencing any of the following symptoms to see a doctor right away. Symptoms include: fever, new or worsening headache, nausea, and new neurological deficit. Symptoms typically have occurred within 1-4 weeks following injections. However, it can take longer so officials are advising patients to watch for symptoms for a several months after the injection.

The NECC product has been implicated in the infection of 233 people in 15 states and 15 deaths have been attributed to it.

The following list includes Delaware facilities identified by FDA as having received NECC medications.
Advanced Eye Care PA                  received injectable drugs
Anesthesia Providers                      received injectable drugs
Bayhealth Medical Center             received non-injectable drugs
Beebe Medical Center                    received injectable drugs
Richard Bonder, MD, PA                received non-injectable drugs
Christiana Health System              received injectable drugs
Christiana Spine ASC                    received injectable drugs
Glasgow Medical Center                received non-injectable drugs
Lewes Surgery Center                    received injectable drugs
Pain Center of Delaware                received injectable drugs
Precision Pain and Rehab               received injectable drugs
St. Francis Hospital                         received injectable drugs
Swier Clinic                                      received non-injectable drugs

Individuals with concerns about NECC medications should call DPH's Bureau of Epidemiology at 1-888-295-5156.
For more information and the FDA's list of recalled medications, go to their website.