The meningitis outbreak caused by tainted steroid injections could have been prevented. But since the FDA didn’t use its authority for this goal suitably, more than 500 persons were contaminated with this illness and 39 recipients of the steroids died.
Tennessee officials displayed unbelievable competence under these circumstances. They were praised by legislators for their definite actions.
It was announced that a lot of persons who had received steroid injections produced by the NECC suffered from complications. When Tennessee health officials were informed about this situation, they enforced all health facilities to discontinue utilizing medications manufactured by the pharmacy from Massachusetts. Furthermore, they informed immediately about contamination health officials of other states. Actions of Tennessee health officials were quick and decisive. They acted rapidly and did everything in order to prevent further contamination and improve help those that were already contaminated with meningitis.
If Tennessee health officials hadn’t been so decisive and competent, more persons would have been contaminated with fungal meningitis and more deaths would have occurred.
As for the FDA, it appeared to be incompetent. It didn’t utilize its power immediately in order to improve the situation. Then it tried to justify its negligence, claiming that its authority was not cleared and established enough to interfere in such large-scale pharmacies, as the NECC. However, the FDA’s excuse was not accepted.
Tennessee health officials deserve to receive a gold medal for their actions.
Although certain individuals consider that they could avoid contamination, warnings about risks still exist. A lot of persons are still hospitalized. Others are contracted by health officials. If any side results occur at injection sites of those who have utilized the tainted steroids, they should contact doctors at once.
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