Three people die after using contaminated eyedrops bought at Walmart, CVS and Target: Eight lose vis

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Three people die after using contaminated eyedrops bought at Walmart, CVS and Target: Eight lose vision and four have eyeballs surgically removed thanks to rare bacterial superbug in solution

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11892027/Three-people-died-using-eyedrops-contaminated-rare-bacterial-superbug.html

Three people have now died, eight others have lost their vision and four patients had to have their eyeballs removed after using eyedrops contaminated with a rare bacteria.

As of March 14, a reported 68 patients in 16 states have been infected with this 'rare strain' of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, according to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Global Pharma Healthcare recalled its Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops that were distributed by EzriCare and Delsam Pharma last month. The drops had been sold at drug stores across the country, including Walmart, Target, and CVS, and on Amazon,  though the products have since been pulled.

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https://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/crpa-artificial-tears.html

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https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00485.asp

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-ezricare-artificial-tears-due-potential-contamination

From the first link:

As of March 14, 2023, CDC, in partnership with state and local health departments, identified 68 patients in 16 states (CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, NC, NJ, NM, NY, NV, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI) with VIM-GES-CRPA, a rare strain of extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa. Thirty-seven patients were linked to four healthcare facility clusters. Three people have died and there have been 8 reports of vision loss and 4 reports of enucleation (surgical removal of eyeball). Dates of specimen collection were from May 2022 to February 2023. Isolates have been identified from clinical cultures of sputum or bronchial wash (15), cornea (17), urine (10), other nonsterile sources (4), and blood (2), and from rectal swabs (26) collected for surveillance; some patients had specimens collected from more than one anatomic site.