Alerts
Consumers Warned Not to Use Clarcon Skin Products
Following an announcement by the U.
S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning consumers
of a tainted skin sanitizer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is advising
health care providers and consumers not to use skin products made by Clarcon Biological Chemistry
Laboratory. Clarcon is voluntarily recalling some skin sanitizers and skin protectants marketed
under several different brand names because of high levels of disease-causing bacteria found
in the product during a recent inspection.
Consumers and providers are being warned to not use any Clarcon products and to throw these
products away in household refuse.
Since March 2009, a number of confirmed human cases of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1)
virus infection in California, Texas, and Mexico have been identified. An investigation into
these cases is ongoing.
The Maine CDC Link to additional information regarding Swine Flu
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During December 1, 2008 – February 20, 2009, Maine CDC has investigated 28 confirmed
or suspected Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks from counties across the state
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CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states and the United States Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multi-state outbreak of human infections due
to Salmonella serotype Typhimurium.
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Recall of the Mobile Oxygen Storage Tank
Pacific Consolidated Industries, LLC, and the FDA have announced the Class I Recall of the
Mobile Oxygen Storage Tank manufactured and distributed between January - March 2007. The device's
pressure gauge may rupture and catch fire as a result of hydraulic fluid present in the pressure
gauge tubing.
Read the entire 2008 MedWatch
Safety Summary 
