In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont ...

(CBS News) U.S. Marshals have raided a New Jersey plant that produces ultrasound transmission gel at the request of the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the agency found product samples ...

HealthDay News — Hospitals, clinics and health-care professionals should immediately stop using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel due to risk of bacterial contamination in certain ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings for doctors, hospitals and clinics regarding contaminated ultrasound gel produced by a New Jersey company that infected 16 cardiac ...

(HealthDay News) — An atypical presentation of contact dermatitis due to ultrasound gel has been reported in a 67-year-old male patient. The case report was published online September 8 in the Journal ...

Health bosses have warned hospital staff over ultrasound gel after patients have fallen seriously ill from contaminated products. A new Patient Safety Alert has been sent to NHS hospitals by the UK ...

Sixty-six bacterial infections have been linked to an ultrasound gel that was recalled in August, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A Canadian company has recalled some lots of its ultrasound gel after 15 people were sickened with a bacterial infection. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals ...

Applying ultrasound gel to a patient's hair prior to craniofacial or maxillofacial surgery can contain tresses and prevent hair from invading a surgical site, according to a short communication ...

Guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels. The recommendations are based on the authors' own experiences with an outbreak traced to ...