The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reporting laboratory results from samples of two additional recalled NECC products – preservative-free injectable betamethasone and cardioplegia solution. Previously, the fungus Exserohilum rostratum was identified in NECC-supplied, preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA).
The FDA and CDC laboratories have identified bacteria present in three separate lots (batches) of NECC-supplied preservative-free injectable betamethasone, with each lot producing different culture results, and in a single lot of NECC cardioplegia solution.
