FDA warns of emergency kit recalls amid saline sterility concerns.

(Montana) Busse Hospital Disposables is recalling certain emergency kits produced by Nurse Assist.

The company gets their saline solution from Nurse Assist, who just filed a recall of their own over concerns of the sterility of their saline solutions, prompting Busse to recall all products that use that brand of solution. This does not affect the integrity of other kits.

The use of affected kits may cause serious adverse health consequences, including blood stream infections, urinary tract infections or respiratory infections and in the worst-case scenario sepsis and death, but no reports of those things have been filed thus far.

Busse sent a letter detailing what action those affected should take:

  • Destroy devices that have been shipped directly to customer facilities and identified as affected.
  • Customers in the U.S. with questions about this recall should contact Busse Hospital Disposables at 1-800-645-6526.